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SportsGuru
Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 4977
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Posted: 06/10/19 4:00 pm ::: WNBA Travel Woes |
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Per Lindsay Gibbs The Athletic:
The Dallas Wings are STILL in DC. They were supposed to get back to Dallas last night, but their flight was canceled. Can't get out of DC until after 6:00 tonight, and most of the team has a connecting flight, won't get home until midnight. Another monumental fail for WNBA travel.
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snlMINAJ
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Posted: 06/10/19 5:54 pm ::: |
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well aside from the fact they don't have charters, thats their corporate travel person's fault. not the W... there are 3 different airports in DC area
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Richyyy
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 24356 Location: London
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Posted: 06/10/19 7:15 pm ::: Re: WNBA Travel Woes |
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SportsGuru wrote: |
Per Lindsay Gibbs The Athletic:
The Dallas Wings are STILL in DC. They were supposed to get back to Dallas last night, but their flight was canceled. Can't get out of DC until after 6:00 tonight, and most of the team has a connecting flight, won't get home until midnight. Another monumental fail for WNBA travel. |
Oh no, however will they cope when they play again... several days later. Where's the 'fail'? Flights get cancelled sometimes. Charters cost a fortune. It's just not happening in this league any time soon. |
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miller40
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Posted: 06/10/19 7:36 pm ::: |
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If they’re still in DC they should really try Baltimore...
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NYL_WNBA_FAN
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Posted: 06/10/19 7:38 pm ::: |
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Weren’t there bad storms down there? Flights were canceled in NC too.
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Lib Fan
Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 4593 Location: New York City
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Posted: 06/10/19 9:54 pm ::: |
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Hey it happens to us non WNBA players also
Air Travel now a days is not pleasant
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ClayK
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Posted: 06/11/19 9:08 am ::: |
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The Oakland A's, with charter, got into Texas at 4 a.m. and had to play three games in two days, and after that series, arrived in Tampa at 6 a.m. for a night game.
Charters don't solve all air travel problems -- they come with the territory, really.
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PRballer
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Posted: 06/11/19 10:28 am ::: Re: WNBA Travel Woes |
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Richyyy wrote: |
SportsGuru wrote: |
Per Lindsay Gibbs The Athletic:
The Dallas Wings are STILL in DC. They were supposed to get back to Dallas last night, but their flight was canceled. Can't get out of DC until after 6:00 tonight, and most of the team has a connecting flight, won't get home until midnight. Another monumental fail for WNBA travel. |
Oh no, however will they cope when they play again... several days later. Where's the 'fail'? Flights get cancelled sometimes. Charters cost a fortune. It's just not happening in this league any time soon. |
Thank you for pointing this out. This one isn't on the league, it's just a matter of travel woes that everyone experiences.
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CamrnCrz1974
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Richyyy
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Posted: 06/11/19 2:59 pm ::: |
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Still unclear as to what exactly Fisher was whining about. It's a picture of a bunch of people with their luggage in an airport. This is what we call 'travel'. |
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ClayK
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Posted: 06/12/19 10:58 am ::: |
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Richyyy wrote: |
Still unclear as to what exactly Fisher was whining about. It's a picture of a bunch of people with their luggage in an airport. This is what we call 'travel'. |
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NBA players call it travel when they take a van to the airport, skip the security lines, and are driven onto the tarmac to their charter, which is equipped specifically for them.
And then they complain ...
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willtalk
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Posted: 06/12/19 6:16 pm ::: |
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Richyyy wrote: |
Still unclear as to what exactly Fisher was whining about. It's a picture of a bunch of people with their luggage in an airport. This is what we call 'travel'. |
It could be worse. They could have to supply a couple of players to spin the propellors to start the engines before take off.
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