WNBA Likely To Have Fanless Games Upon Eventual Restart

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said that the league has "started to formulate a plan to get to the starting gate," but the "only thing known at this point is the games, whenever they start, will likely be fanless," according to Kareem Copeland of the WASHINGTON POST. The WNBA has "not determined whether the season will be at one site." The location "could be in a WNBA city or at a neutral site." Engelbert "remains hopeful of a full 36-game season." She said, "You're always evaluating the environment (players) are in versus the environment you can provide them." Engelbert is adamant there "has to be a medical plan for testing everyone when they report and then regularly afterward." She said that she "prefers to think about 'data' instead of 'dates.'" Engelbert added that there "needs to be time for a 'prelaunch' that provides for testing, monitoring and a stretch for players to get back in the gym." Copeland noted many of the league's players "haven't been able to so much as shoot on a hoop." Facilities for a training camp atmosphere to "allow teammates to mesh are also key" (WASHINGTON POST, 5/28).