Weed-smuggler WNBA player Brittney Griner expressed frustration on Monday over how long she felt the WNBA took to address the travel situation for her and the Phoenix Mercury.
“‘I’ll say this. I think we should have already had the option to use a different airline, a more private airline, charter flights,” Griner said, according to ESPN. “It’s a shame that it had to get to rock bottom, because I feel like waiting for something to happen and then making a change … you don’t know what that ‘something’s’ going to be. We’ve all seen what can happen in this world. And when you play the ‘let’s-wait-and-see game,’ you’re really playing with fire. You’re playing with people’s lives.
“So I’m glad that they finally got it together – and, you know, are going to allow us to do this. It’s just a shame that it took so damn long, honestly.”
While traveling with her team from the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on June 10, Griner was confronted by comedian Alex Stein who asked her if she still hated America after being traded for a terrorist.
