Source: New York Post
Women’s professional sports leagues were conspicuously absent from a joint letter issued Tuesday by the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and MLS and their respective players unions, which called for tougher measures to combat betting-related harassment of athletes, coaches and families. Women’s National Basketball Players’ Association executive director Terri Carmichael Jackson took issue with the WNBA’s exclusion, noting the issue extends beyond men’s sports. “It is deeply disappointing that, given the very public and troubling incidents of betting-related harassment experienced by our members over the past several seasons, the NBA determined that WNBA players did not warrant inclusion in a joint position statement intended to address this very issue,” Jackson said in a statement provided to The Post.
