Crystal (123:47)
Okay, well, let me get into Kathy Engelbert's ass, child. Cause for the past two weeks, all of anybody who covers or is interested in the WNBA and talks about it on social media. This is all anybody could talk about. I actually think we're talking about it more than the actual finals because Nafeesa Kalia, after the Links were eliminated by the Mercury, went into her Exit Exit interview. You know, they do that at the end of each season. And she was like, well, you know, first of all, congrats to the Mercury. What I'm about to say is not about winning or losing. Please don't think I'm hating. But we got the best fans in the world. The best players, but we got the worst fucking leadership. That bitch at the top is garbage, and she's gotta go. The number one thing that the players and the coaches complain about is officiating. It is so inconsistent now that it undermines the integrity of our game. Y' all don't give a about the health of the players. You don't care about the product we put on the floor. And every year, the only thing that's consistent in this is the fact that Kathy cannot be accountable for her. She straight up said that she asked Kathy how she was gonna address the officiating issues in the league, which, to be fair, have been going on for. That is true. Like, absolutely everybody bitches about the refs. And I know that's true in every sport. But people I trust who cover the WNBA are like, no, for real, it's bad. It's bad. Like, the refs want to be part of the show. The bitches want to be part of. Oh, yeah, you do. When you cover the W, you talk about it all the time, right? So. And so she said she asked Kathy straight up, what you gonna do about these refs? And that Kathy said, well, only losers complain about the refs, which. No, bitch. Everybody, actually, everybody complains about the refs. But she feasted that. She also asked how. How you gonna fix the fact that we have these young stars like Caitlyn Clark, Angel Reese, Paige Beckers who are driving massive revenue for the league, but they making, you know, like $30 in their first four years? And she said that Kathy's response was, caitlyn should be grateful she makes $16 million off the court because without the platform that the WNBA gives her, she wouldn't make anything. And said that in that same conversation, Kathy told her that players should be on their knees thanking their lucky stars for the media rights deal that she, Kathy, got for them. And that that is obviously the mentality coming from the top. And that that Fee is speaking up now because she's earned that right to do so. She's one of the top bitches. She was probably the front runner for MVP for most of the season. The Lynx had an incredible season until they got eliminated in the playoffs. And she said that because Kathy. Because Fee and Jesus Christ, not Sabrina. What is my girl's name? Brianna Stewart. Fee and Stewie started unrivaled, and Fee's husband is the president of it. So she was like, I now know firsthand what it's like to run a league. It's obviously not easy. So I have some empathy for that. And unrivaled is obviously much smaller than the W. But the point is that my husband takes the time to reach out to players when they're injured. There's a human element involved in being the commissioner of the wnba, and that's what you don't have. You're lacking Integrity, you're lacking leadership. And that's the bare fucking minimum, child. So after that, of course, was going crazy. All the, all the players were immediately like, yes, we stand with Fee, absolutely. Get this out of here. Blah, blah. Like Elena Della Don said, I actually think Kathy don't even know that I retired. Because Elena retired two seasons ago and still ain't heard from Kathy. Candace Parker said, yeah, actually when I was injured, Kathy didn't reach out, but Adam Silver, the commissioner of the NBA did. I had my third child didn't hear from Kathy, but Adam Silver sent a gift. Two different jersey retirement ceremonies in LA and Chicago. Kathy didn't come to neither one of them, but Adam Silver reached out like, you're not doing a good job. It's not just the refs where you're dropping the ball. It's not just that you're not meeting the players demands for anything. You're also not even acting like a human being who cares about people. It's the bare minimum to reach out to players who have been injured just to say something, just to speak. It's the bare minimum to reach out to league MVPs when they retire and say, thank you so much for what you've done for our league and blah, blah, blah. You know, send you a Christmas present or what the fuck ever. It's, it's small shit that Kathy Engelbert don't do. Baby, tell me why Kathy first released a statement that was just like, oh, I'm, you know, disheartened by the characterization by Nafisa and this kind of the mischaracterizations of our conversation. And let me read the, let me read the quote. So she had, so she put out that statement afterwards, like 30 minutes after fees, a press conference, and everybody was like, girl, this is garbage. So then before game one, she said, I was disheartened to hear that some players feel the league and me personally do not care about them or listen to them, them. And if the players in the W don't feel appreciated and valued by the league, then we have to do better and I have to do better. No one should ever doubt how deeply I feel about this league, this game, and every single player who make the WNBA what it is. Okay, well, you have to show that you can't just say that. But then she also said, I'm a human too. I have a family. I have two kids who are devastated by these comments. It's been a tough week. Kathy, you make millions of dollars. As the commissioner of the wnba, we are certain of that. That nobody gives a hot nut if you and your adult children are having a hard time seeing you get dragged. And then straight up said that she didn't say those comments about Caitlyn Clark should be thankful that she's even in the W, because without it, she wouldn't be making no money. So now you calling Fee a liar as well. So Fee and Kathy were supposed to have another meeting after all of this because the WNBA October 31, the CBA expires, and it's like, either we gonna get an extension or are we gonna have a league next season? After Kathy came out and was like, yeah, I didn't say all that. And, you know, I have a family. Me and my kids are also hurting because people are being so mean to me. Fee was like, I'm just canceling that. I'm actually just not even. Let's not even be bothered to sit down and have this conversation. But she said, Nafisa said. For which this was so cunt. Fee was sitting down with fucking Kamala Harris. And did you see that clip of Kamala talking about everything that the. That these people in the White House are doing, this administration is doing is meant to stress y' all out and make y' all depressed and make y' all feel like y' all crazy, but these motherfuckers are crazy. And the whole crowd went crazy because she said. But she didn't lie. She didn't lie. Y' all are feeling discombobulated. And like you living in the Upside down, they're the crazy ones. Don't lose sight of that. But so when she was. So when Fee was on stage with. With former Vice President Harris, she said, you know, I. I'm not. There's nothing else for us to talk about. She started her speech saying that she has all this respect for me and the players, and then she called me a liar three minutes later, denying the words that I know good and damn well came straight out of her mouth. So again, like I said, that bitch don't have no accountability. That don't have no accountability. It has been so bad. Adam Silver had to step in and say, it's a shame if our girls feel this way, but I believe that the relationship between Kathy and the players can improve. You know, I just gotta teach her how to act like a human being. But, you know, I think we can make it work. Here's the thing. The girls most of, especially the top players in the wnba, they have options. They can go overseas and make more money than they do in the W, whether that's Europe or China or. I don't know if anybody's still going to Russia after what happened with dz, but the. They might not be. And no, I don't blame y'. All. I don't blame y'. All. I agree, but. Because I wouldn't either if I had the option. But not only can they go overseas, there's unrivaled and Athletes Unlimited right here in the US and unrivaled is paying these girls more than they make. I don't know if AU is, but unrivaled is paying the girls more than they make in the W. And it's a shorter season. Do you understand that? The girls have options. They have options. Our top players can go somewhere else. They play in the W because it's the prestige of the wnba. It's like, oh, okay, it's like, it's the name. But if y' all act like they don't fucking matter, you're going to lose them. You're not going to have a product if you keep disrespecting the people who are the reason we tune in. Game 1 of the WNBA Finals had, like, the highest ratings of any finals since, like, 1998 or some, like, right after the league started. The game is growing. You need all the other contract negotiations and conversations about pay equity and all this aside, which, of course, I'm on the side of. The players pay them what the they deserve. Do you understand that? These can just go somewhere else. They can just go somewhere else. They don't have to play in the.
