Sandy Brondello’s mission to help the WNBA become a global force has been boosted with two of America’s biggest stars looking to invest in the booming league as owners of new franchises.
Boston Celtics champion Jayson Tatum is reportedly willing to make a $US200 million bid for a WNBA team in his hometown of St. Louis.
Fresh from securing the NBA’s largest contract in history – $US304 million over five years – Tatum is keen to contribute to the rise of women’s hoops.
The Boston superstar’s interest comes just weeks after the NFL’s biggest name – three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes – declared his desire to bring a WNBA franchise to Kansas City.
The Chiefs quarterback said a women’s basketball 파워볼 team was a logical step for his ownership group, NWSL’s Kansas City Current.
“We want to get basketball to Kansas City in general and then WNBA. The success that they’ve had this last season and these last few seasons, it’s kind of a no-brainer,” Mahomes said.
Brondello has the resume to earn big bucks coaching in the NBA, but insists she’ll never take her talents to the world’s best men’s league.
“Because I’m exactly where I want to be,” Brondello declared.
It’s a lifelong mission that started for Brondello on a makeshift grass court on her family’s sugar cane farm near Mackay in North Queensland.
