Chappell Roan Upsets Soccer Star, the WNBA’s Protection for Pregnant Players, and the Fernando Mendoza of Basketball
About this episode
The episode discusses the WNBA's new collective bargaining agreement and various sports-related topics including soccer and basketball.
It finally happened – the WNBA voted to ratify its new collective bargaining agreement, months after the deadline passed. It’s a major win for professional women’s basketball players and the league, which will offer what it calls “the first comprehensive revenue-sharing model in women's professional sports history.” With just weeks until the season starts, the off-season – and free agency chaos – begins. In this episode of Well Played, we also cover: What the Fanatics Flag Football classic has to do with the LA28 Olympics The details of the WNBA CBA agreement – and why 2026 rookies should be happy Why a Brazilian soccer star called out Chappell Roan for shading…Jude Law’s daughter? Whether Alvaro Folgueiras actually threw a punch, and why he’s the Fernando Mendoza of college hoops Send Its: Women’s hockey beer league: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWCNF-GjoE0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Sabrina Ionescu drains buckets and beers: https://www.reddit.com/r/wnba/comments/1s16hia/sabrina_ionescu_shotgunning_a_beer_wluke_combs/ Alysa Liu and Fernando Mendoza team up to play…Fortnite…
Topics covered
- WNBA collective bargaining agreement
- women's professional sports
- soccer
- basketball
- free agency
- Olympics
- sports culture
Keywords
- WNBA
- collective bargaining
- Chappell Roan
- Fernando Mendoza
- Sabrina Ionescu
- women's sports
- free agency
- Olympics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: WNBA, Fanatics, TCU, LA28
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