Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler had opposed putting anti-racism messages on the team's jerseys.
The WNBA Players' Association has called on commissioner Cathy Engelbert to remove Kelly Loeffler as co-owner of the Atlanta Dream.
Loeffler wrote that promoting a "particular political agenda undermines the potential of the sport and sends a message of exclusion" and that"we need less — not more politics in sports," according to the
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