The WNBA is expanding its charter program this season to include private travel for back-to-back games in the regular season and the entire playoffs, the league announced Monday.
At the time, Engelbert told ESPN that such transport, for both a 40-game regular season and playoffs, would cost the league $25 million annually,Even for the current additions, the cost is substantial, Engelbert told the Associated Press.
Earlier this year, Engelbert told ESPN she felt most viable path to fund improved travel would be a new media rights deal.
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