Charter flights for WNBA road games was an early Mother's Day gift for players with children

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Katie Lou Samuelson says her life as first-time mom got a littler easier with the WNBA's announcement that players will fly on charter flights for road games.

NEW YORK — Indiana's Katie Lou Samuelson says life as first-time mom got a littler easier with the WNBA’s announcement that players will fly on charter flights for road games.

Many players would not take their kids on the road due to the requirements for young children when flying on commercial flights. “There wasn’t a lot available. She would bring him to practice and he’d sit in his car seat or, you know, somebody would come with her and he’d sit with her,” White said. “On the road it was, you know, sharing a room at the time because I don’t even know if veterans got their own room. So you’d have to pay for a separate room or pay for people to come with you.”

“We’re in a much better place then we ever were with these benefits,” Stewart said before pointing out the stipend isn’t per child."It should be a per child situation. Kids are expensive. If the league can help, let’s really do it.”

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