Host Talia Goodman is joined by The Next's Indiana Fever reporter Tony East to discuss how the Fever have fared through the first seven games of their season.
The WNBA's new charter flight program still has a few expected kinks but the league's commissioner expects everything to be running smoothly after the Olympic break.still has a few expected kinks but commissioner Cathy Engelbert expects everything to be running smoothly after the Olympic break.
“The footprint of our season is so dense. We wanted to take advantage of the fact that we knew these first couple of weeks, especially on the front end of this, were going to be challenging for our teams,” Engelbert said. “That’s why we pulled the trigger when we did. We looked at the schedule and challenges it created and decided it was time.”
So far, most of the flights have been done on regional jets because of aircraft availability. May, June and July are the busiest months for flying and other planes weren't available on such short notice.The regional jets are smaller with 30 seats and have to stop to refuel on long flights. The NBA also used regional jets when it started its charter flight program in 1997 — and had to stick with them for nearly a decade.
No longer do players have to get up at 5 a.m. to get to the airport to fly to the next city for a game. Travel time has been nearly cut in half. They also don't have to deal with long security lines and cramped seats.on a trip from Connecticut to Las Vegas that took 13 hours to get between cities because of connecting flights.
The WNBA started paying for charter flights for teams that were playing back-to-back games last season. Coming into this season, they kept that program going before securing charter flights for every road game. Some teams, however, may have bigger planes or VIP ones because they are playing back-to-back games or are in the finals of the Commissioner’s Cup on June 25.
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