WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, league staff and the players’ union worked together on a plan to tip off the league’s 24th season at a single site during the coronavirus pandemic. They coordinated on medical protocols and the logistics of playing in one location.
After a couple of weeks in the bubble, the plan seems to be working. There have only been two positive tests for the coronavirus by staff and players, and those were in the first few days when people arrived on July 6. There have been none since.
“Knock on wood every day, but things are stable here [in Brandenton],” Engelbert said.