I’m 16. I play because I love my sport and my team.
Watching @sophaller say it out loud — that girls shouldn’t have to give up fair competition or our privacy — meant more than she’ll ever know. When a WNBA star says it, maybe people finally listen.
I know what it’s like to have your voice on this treated like it’s hateful. It isn’t. Wanting a fair game and a private locker room was never hate. It’s just the truth, and I’m done being afraid to say it.
Thank you, Sophie, for going first. You made it easier for the rest of us.
I'm sorry so many of you are finding out the hard way that so few are serious about winning and saving the nation.
For most, it was almost just about access and personal grifts, not a cause.
Really breaks my heart to watch people realize it. Truly does.