Members of the Atlanta Dream WNBA team wear Vote Warnock t-shirts to show support for Rev. Raphael Warnock. Image: Twitter/@DiaryBoss
In recent years, professional athletes have gone all in on activism, attending protests and marches, donating large amounts of money and even sitting out games. However, the WNBA has been at the forefront of the political movement in professional sports.
According to research from the
Washington Post, the activism of the players on the Atlanta Dream had a hand in co-owner and Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler’s second-place finish in her senate race.
In July, while Black Lives Matter protests and marches were common across America, the WNBA was desperately trying to return to basketball and players wanted to dedicate the season to the social justice movement. Loeffler, however, wasn’t on board.