WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is focusing on about a half dozen scenarios for the league to begin play this summer.
Engelbert did not go into detail about each scenario, but told The Associated Press Friday that the league is looking at playing at one site, a few possibly at most instead of at every home arena.
Engelbert said many times during the nearly 30-minute interview that the health of the players, league and team staff was of the utmost importance. “Things are starting to open and starting to settle,” she said. “Medical experts are starting to feel better about testing and protocols, There’s still a lot of things to get through.”
“I think it might behoove us to have our own sites certainly,” she said. “From the NBA or other professional sports. Many of the leagues are looking at the same cities.”
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