Matt Ishbia is joining the call for the WNBA to provide teams with charter flights.
The new Phoenix Mercury owner told ESPN on Sunday that he wants the league to start providing charter flights for teams for the entire season, not just specific games.
"I feel like you invest in the players, you invest in the team, you do all the right [things] and money follows," Ishbia said,"The WNBA is doing some good things and the commissioner's doing good things to move it in that direction. And I respect what they're doing and I'm definitely a supporter of getting there faster and sooner."
Charter flights in the WNBA has been an issue for years, especially after several high-profile travel issues in recent seasons. WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert has said it would cost about $25 million, if not more, to fly each team privately every season, something she doesn't see as feasible just yet. The league hasNew York Liberty owner Joe Tsai was fined last year after he started flying the team privately in 2021.
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