WNBA star Cameron Brink 'icked out' by idea of male athletes potentially practicing with Sparks

Cameron Brink is not fond of the anticipation of practicing alongside antheral athletes. 

Last week, the Los Angeles Sparks instructed, via a societal media post, antheral athletes to capable retired a waiver and registry for signifier squad tryouts.

Brink said she was "icked out" by the WNBA franchise's telephone for antheral signifier players.

"I conjecture my confession is I’m truly icked retired by the imaginable caller signifier players," Brink said.

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Cameron Brink of the Los Angeles Sparks warms up earlier the crippled against the Las Vegas Aces connected June 9, 2024, astatine Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles. (Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)

She past pointed to immoderate of the provocative commentary she saw amid the absorption to the posted flier, which featured a photograph of her and immoderate of her teammates.

"It’s fundamentally conscionable a flier, it’s similar me, Dearica [Hamby], Rickea [Jackson] and Kelsey [Plum], and it’s like, ‘Male signifier players wanted.’ And usually we usage USC assemblage guys that besides bash it for the women’s squad astatine USC. And each the comments are like, ‘Let Cameron Brink backmost maine down,’ oregon thing astir Rickea oregon thing astir Kelsey." Brink said during a caller variation of the "Straight to Cam" podcast.

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Brink past expressed her penchant for antheral athletes should the signifier dynamics alteration successful the adjacent future.

"Now I’m like, we request to heavy vet these men, preferably they’re gay. … Who are we trusting to travel into this gym," she said.

Podcast co-host Sydel Curry-Lee besides floated a proposition by saying the imaginable incoming athletes "need to spell done dense HR training."

Cameron Brink of the Los Angeles Sparks looks connected during the crippled against the Sky connected May 30, 2024, astatine the Wintrust Arena successful Chicago. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images)

The Sparks yet closed the signifier squad exertion model owed to "overwhelming" demand.

"Thank you for your involvement successful our Practice Player Tryouts astatine the Los Angeles Sparks. Due to the overwhelming fig of applicants we person received, we volition not beryllium processing immoderate much applications. We admit your clip and involvement with our organization," a connection posted to the registration website work arsenic of Tuesday.

While Brink acknowledged that she made the comments successful jest, she besides pointed to the differences successful physicality that practicing astir males could present.

"I’m not boxing anyone out," she said. "Lynne [Roberts], our caller coach, is going to beryllium screaming astatine maine for not rebounding. But I’m not boxing retired anyone."

Cameron Brink of the Los Angeles Sparks drives to the handbasket during the crippled against the Aces connected May 18, 2024, astatine Michelob Ultra Arena successful Las Vegas. (David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images)

Many women's assemblage hoops teams person utilized antheral signifier players. At the WNBA level, the New York Liberty person sought retired antheral athletes via socia media. The squad said antheral signifier players acquisition evaluations to find whether they are a "good fit" and to regularisation retired immoderate "ulterior motives."

"We effort to acceptable positional needs, but besides carnal needs, arsenic acold arsenic tallness and strength," a Liberty spokesperson told the New York Post past June. "But the astir important portion is making definite they’re going to beryllium a bully acceptable and bash what we request them to bash and not usage this to effort and get a declaration with a squad oregon get an successful with the players oregon person immoderate ulterior motives."

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The Sparks said the squad ever works to foster a respectful situation for its athletes and pointed to the accent it places connected subordinate safety.

"To clarify, arsenic ever for our signifier squad tryouts, nary Sparks players volition enactment oregon beryllium successful attendance," the squad said successful a statement. "The usage of antheral signifier players is simply a well-established signifier successful some the WNBA and women's assemblage basketball, and the Sparks person utilized this attack since the league's inception successful 1997.

"Additionally, immoderate players selected for the signifier squad volition acquisition a thorough inheritance cheque process to guarantee the information and well-being of our athletes."

Brink was the 2nd wide prime successful past year's WNBA Draft. She suffered a season-ending ACL wounded successful June. She averaged 7.5 points and 5.3 rebounds implicit 15 games during her rookie season. 

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