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Speaker 1: So a lot has happened since we were last together

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Speaker 1: for our Villainova Live show. Most notably, I would say

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Speaker 1: an Thefisa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx in her post

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Speaker 1: game postseason presser, you know, called out the WNBA commissioner

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Speaker 1: in case you guys missed it, take a listen.

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Speaker 2: At Unarrival this past February, I sat across from Kathy

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Speaker 2: to fix the fact that players like Caitlin Angel and Page,

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Speaker 2: who are clearly driving massive revenue for the league, are

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Speaker 2: making so little for their first four years. Her response was,

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Speaker 2: Caitlyn should be grateful she makes sixty million off the court,

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Speaker 2: because without the platform that the WNBA gives her, she

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Speaker 2: wouldn't make anything. And in that same conversation, she told

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Speaker 2: me players should be on their knees thanking their lucky

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Speaker 2: stars for the media rights steal that I got them.

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Speaker 2: That's mentality driving our league from the top. We go

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Speaker 2: to battle every day to protect a shield that doesn't

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Speaker 2: value us. The league believes is succeeds despite its players,

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Speaker 2: not because of them.

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Speaker 3: Well shit and then sorry.

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Speaker 1: WNA commissioner Kathy Engelbert responded to Fea's comments, saying, I

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Speaker 1: have the most respect for Nafisa Kallier and for all

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Speaker 1: the players in the WNBA. Together, we have all worked

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Speaker 1: tirelessly to transform this league. My focus remains on ensuring

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Speaker 1: collaborating on how we continue to elevate the game. I'm

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Speaker 1: disheartened by how Nafisa characterized our conversations and league leadership,

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Speaker 1: but even when our perspectives differ, my commitment to the

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Speaker 1: what are your guys' first reactions? First, there's a lot here.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, first off, she's real for that, and I think

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Speaker 4: I think people forget the human.

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Speaker 4: You know, they just see us as you know, athletes.

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Speaker 4: But when you don't have faith in the leadership, that

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Speaker 4: that obviously affects the the product that's put on the court.

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Speaker 4: So hopefully that sparks change on both sides, and you know,

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Speaker 4: on the same page. But I would say I give

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Speaker 4: should feel protected and they should feel empowered by their

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Speaker 4: you know, their leadership group. And I think that's something

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Speaker 4: and hopefully that kind of sparks change.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I agree, like in order to have

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Speaker 5: to have some type of like fight back, like you

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Speaker 5: need to no push the envelope to see like we're

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Speaker 5: you can you grow?

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Speaker 3: Where can you get better?

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Speaker 5: And so it's a it's a lot of respect on

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Speaker 5: Like you don't know what type of uh fallbacks that

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Speaker 5: And so I got a lot of respect for one.

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Speaker 5: So I mean, I back it. I hope, I hope

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Speaker 5: step for y'all. Y'all got to continue to fight for

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Speaker 5: each other. If I's right. Do you feel like they're

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Speaker 3: We probably?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, probably, Like that's inevitable, but I mean it has

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Is it this year? Next year?

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Speaker 4: but this is someone who you know, got offered what five.

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Speaker 3: Million to play the Big Big Three and like that,

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Speaker 4: To I think they got to. Yeah, So it's just

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Speaker 1: Sorry, I mean, look if you like what she's doing

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Speaker 1: with unrival just creating.

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Speaker 4: So you know, hopefully for them they realize, they realize

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Speaker 4: in hindsight saying that we could have did something differ.

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Speaker 4: We had a great product and lost that too, you know,

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Speaker 4: Unrivaled or something similar. So we'll see a shout out

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Speaker 4: to mash you were.

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Speaker 3: We are back and better than ever.

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Speaker 3: Josh, you want to go ahead and give out the

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Speaker 3: first award?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the first one is most likely to have the

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Speaker 4: most rebounds this season. I was going to go with myself,

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Speaker 4: but when Mitch having sixteen rebounds in eighteen minutes the

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Speaker 4: it's most likely going to be him.

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Speaker 3: That's fair. Yeah, I think that's fair with that.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, the fact that it was in the first half

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Speaker 3: It wasn't close. So let's see what's next. Next.

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Speaker 5: We have who will have the best title fits this season,

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Speaker 5: and I'm going to go with the one, the only

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Speaker 5: Jordan Clarkson.

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Speaker 3: Yep, that one, right, So I think that's uh. Maybe

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Speaker 1: We have most likely to have the most assists this season,

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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go with mm hmm, j m hmm.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: But what are you saying? Last year most of the

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Speaker 5: game eighteen, I was like, you know, what'd you average?

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Speaker 5: Seven and a half? Seven something?

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Speaker 3: Who are you gonna say? I don't know. I think

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Speaker 3: maybe I feel like there might be like a sleeper

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Speaker 3: how many do you averagelast year five? I think who's

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Speaker 3: the sleeper? If Kaga pass, it would be Cat.

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Speaker 5: But I feel like you're just talking.

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Speaker 3: Sorry, I'm gonna go with Cat. Okay, It's good to know.

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Speaker 1: For the last award, the most aura, I mean, yeah,

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Speaker 1: probably no zero, gotta go with j C.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you know.

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Speaker 1: You don't have to, just that's what you're going with. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I think I do think you have to.

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's I mean, I just think there's

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Speaker 3: Or mm, that's a good one.

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Speaker 4: Uh yeah, I'll probably say after all that, I myself,

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Speaker 5: That, why you don't know, don't make I'm not making.

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Speaker 3: Fun of him.

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Speaker 5: You literally said after all that and started laughing.

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