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RandySF

(70,613 posts) Thu Oct 3, 2024, 06:16 PM Oct 3

Former UConn star Nika Muhl suffers torn ACL in first game with overseas team

Former UConn star Nika Muhl suffered a torn ACL while playing for Besiktas in Turkey on Thursday, the club announced.

It was her first game with the Istanbul-based team.

The injury occurred after Muhl grabbed a loose ball during the third quarter of the team’s EuroLeague SuperCup game against Fenerbache. Muhl fell to the floor and grabbed her left knee, screaming in pain. She was taken off the court in a stretcher, and eventually returned to the bench ahead of the game’s final moments.

Former Husky Gabby Wiliams, who plays for Fenerbache, could be seen rushing to Muhl’s side after she went down and consoled her as the stretcher came out. The two shared an embrace after the game.

https://www.courant.com/2024/10/03/former-uconn-star-nika-muhl-appears-to-suffer-serious-knee-injury-while-playing-overseas/

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Former UConn star Nika Muhl suffers torn ACL in first game with overseas team (Original Post) RandySF Oct 3 OP

Maybe WNBA teams should rethink about allowing their players to play in the off season MichMan Oct 3 #1

Then salaries need to go up. RandySF Oct 3 #2

I've said this before and I'll say it again MichMan Oct 3 #3

MichMan

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1. Maybe WNBA teams should rethink about allowing their players to play in the off season

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Thu Oct 3, 2024, 07:53 PM

Oct 3

RandySF

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2. Then salaries need to go up.

Reply to MichMan (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 3, 2024, 07:54 PM

Oct 3

And rookies need more time off the bench in order to improve.

MichMan

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3. I've said this before and I'll say it again

Reply to RandySF (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 3, 2024, 09:32 PM

Oct 3

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The NBA owns the WNBA. There is no reason why all the players in both leagues aren't covered by the same bargaining agreement. This would mean that the men would have to take a haircut in order that the women get parity. Too bad; I'm sure Stephen Curry could figure out how to survive on only $30 million a year instead of $55 million.

For the most part they play the same game, in the same arenas, for the same overall organization. If any other business segregated their employees by sex and paid women a pittance of what the men made, no one would stand for it.

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