WNBA stars say they're skipping 2020 season to fight for social justice, avoid COVID-19 spread.
The WNBA on Wednesday tweeted:"We support our players who continue to be at the forefront of long overdue social change."
Natasha Cloud's comments were similar to Montgomery's in that she's decided to take a stand and is"more than an athlete." Cloud marched at the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., last week to support Black Lives Matter and to celebrate Juneteenth. Natasha Cloud marches to the MLK Memorial to support Black Lives Matter and to mark the liberation of slavery, June 19, 2020, in Washington, DC.Cloud's teammate LaToya Sanders also said she would be skipping this season.
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