{"id":49920,"date":"2025-10-04T16:55:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wnba-commissioner-cathy-engelbert-vows-to-repair-player-relationships-after-criticism\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T16:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:55:25","slug":"wnba-commissioner-cathy-engelbert-vows-to-repair-player-relationships-after-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wnba-commissioner-cathy-engelbert-vows-to-repair-player-relationships-after-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert vows to repair player relationships after criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Friday there&#8217;s work to be done to repair relationships with players in the league, while adding that there were &#8220;inaccuracies&#8221; in some of the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/napheesa-collier-lynx-wnba-leadership-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">comments attributed to her by Napheesa Collier<\/a><\/span> in a blistering assessment earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was disheartened to hear that some players feel the league and that I personally do not care about them or listen to them,&#8221; Engelbert said before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Friday night. &#8220;If the players in the &#8216;W&#8217; don&#8217;t feel appreciated and value from the league, we have to do better and I have to do better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In wide-ranging comments, Engelbert said officiating will be reviewed this offseason by a new &#8220;state of the game&#8221; committee. The commissioner also said the league and the players&#8217; union have meetings scheduled for next week to discuss a new collective bargaining agreement. Engelbert also said she plans to remain as commissioner after a CBA is finalized.<\/p>\n<p>As for comments that Collier said Engelbert made in private conversations about <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/caitlin-clark-injury-miss-remainder-wnba-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Caitlin Clark<\/a><\/span> needing the WNBA to succeed financially, the commissioner denied saying them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Caitlin has been a transformational player in this league. She&#8217;s been a great representative of the game,&#8221; Engelbert said. &#8220;She&#8217;s brought in tens of millions of new fans to the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/04\/5d578b99-fe0d-4ae7-89d8-0058f53618ed\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b8191dbaae885e9af973bd9f17e78639\/ap25276859806404.jpg#\" alt=\"WNBA Finals Basketball \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/04\/5d578b99-fe0d-4ae7-89d8-0058f53618ed\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b8191dbaae885e9af973bd9f17e78639\/ap25276859806404.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/04\/5d578b99-fe0d-4ae7-89d8-0058f53618ed\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/7d448ebbbb7577015c74c2974b40fc7c\/ap25276859806404.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks prior to Game 1 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series between the Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Las Vegas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                John Locher \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During her four-minute statement, Collier described an interaction she had with Engelbert in February in which she asked how the league planned to address officiating issues. According to Collier, Engelbert responded that &#8220;only the losers complain about the refs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Engelbert said she&#8217;s talked to Collier, the Minnesota Lynx star who also said Tuesday that the league has<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/napheesa-collier-lynx-wnba-leadership-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"> &#8220;the worst leadership in the world&#8221; and a commissioner who lacks accountability.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The two will meet next week, either in person or virtually, Engelbert said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Engelbert believes a new CBA deal will get done, albeit not necessarily by the Oct. 31 deadline.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is a real deadline from that perspective. We have extended deadlines in the past,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I know last time when I was only a couple days on the job, we got to an extension and got a deal done. &#8230; I feel confident that we can get a deal done, but if not, I think we could do an extension.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Engelbert said higher salaries for players is a goal both sides share.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We continue to meet and have important conversations with the players&#8217; association. I want to reiterate that we want much of the same things that the players want,&#8221; Engelbert said. &#8220;We want to significantly increase the increase their salary and benefits, while also supporting the long-term growth and viability of the WNBA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Engelbert said it&#8217;s clear there are differences between the way players and coaches feel about the physical nature of the game and the way the referees officiate.<\/p>\n<p>The committee tasked with reforming officiating will include players, coaches, general managers and others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s pretty clear that we&#8217;re misaligned currently on what our stakeholders want from officiating,&#8221; Engelbert said. &#8220;We have heard loud and clear that we have not lived up to that needed alignment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Engelbert said the league needs to look at &#8220;good, aggressive play that we recognize has evolved into rough play and how to calibrate the line for legal and illegal content to ensure player safety and exciting competition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Engelbert denied reports that she&#8217;ll be leaving the WNBA after the new CBA is finished.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never been a quitter. I&#8217;m entering my 40th year, actually, this month in business. Never been a quitter. I&#8217;ve never shied away from tough situations,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Engelbert has delivered on many of her promises since coming into the league in 2019. She will have added six expansion teams by 2030 and secured a major new media rights deal for the next decade that will bring in more than $2.2 billion. Engelbert also had the league pay for a full charter flight program this season that the players hope will be added to the new CBA to address concerns about issues ranging from safety to travel time.<\/p>\n<p>The league has enjoyed <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/wnba-breaks-single-season-attendance-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">monumental growth<\/a><\/span> over the last few years, and Engelbert said she knows there&#8217;s more work to be done.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     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