The union that represents WNBA players weighed in Thursday on James Dolan's recent decision to hire Isiah Thomas as the new president of the New York Liberty.
The statement issued by Evie Goldstein, director of operations for the Women's National Basketball Players Association, makes it clear that the controversial choice to employ Thomas as the leader of a women's basketball team after being found by a jury to have created a hostile work environment and sexually harassed a female executive will be carefully scrutinized in the weeks and months to come.
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The full text of Goldstein's statement follows:
The WNBPA and its members are aware of the 2007 verdict reached by a federal jury, after trial, that involved actions by Mr.