Brittney Griner won’t play overseas again

Brittney Griner said she won’t play overseas again and explained why the “pay gap” forces a lot of women athletes to play overseas …

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00:00I'm never going overseas to play again unless I'm representing my country at the Olympics.

00:05You know, if I make that team, that would be the only time I would leave the U.S. soil.

00:10And that's just to represent the U.S.A.

00:14I'll say this.

00:15You know, the whole reason a lot of us go over, you know, is the pay gap.

00:20You know, a lot of us go over there to make an income to support our families.

00:25As much as I would love to pay my light bill for the love of the game, I can't, you know.

00:32So I think that's probably one of the biggest reasons people are still going overseas.

00:39And that's why I was there.

00:40I hope you continue, like I said, to cover our league, bring exposure to us.

00:44I hope a lot of these companies start to invest in our craft, because as you'll see this season,

00:50if you haven't watched before, we have a really good craft in ourselves in the WNBA.