Napheesa Collier
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And then also just the explosion that is happening in women's sports right now.
You see it with the college game and how the WNBA and just all sports are exploding.
And it feels like everyone is capitalizing off of that, except for the people, the women who are playing.
And so that's where we really wanted to get into the salaries that we're paying the players and having equity in the league, really creating that generational wealth.
I would probably say eighth grade because I got my first college scholarship then.
And that was before they were really, they do it a little bit more now.
So I think that was it.
And I almost signed like on the spot.
But my dad's the one that kind of pulled me and my mom off the ledge.
He's like, you're 14.
Mizzou.
Because, yeah, I was from Missouri.
And I was like, yes, I'm ready to sign.
He's like, you're 14 years old.
Let's hold on a little bit.
And so he was kind of the voice of reason through that.
No, I've honestly always been blessed with really great coaches.
So my freshman year of high school, I went to Jeff City High School before I moved to my other school.
And I was actually the point guard there.
And he was a really tough coach.