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This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEWNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks prior to the 2026 WNBA Draft at The Shed on April 13, 2026, in New York City.(Getty Images)He won’t be in the running for the job, but Carmelo Anthony has enjoyed the rise of the "W," and knows what his first order of business would be if he took over as commissioner of the league."I’m going to invest in the players," he replied when asked the exact question in a recent interview with OutKick.
"You have to invest in the script.If you have no script, there’s no movie, there’s no film.
You have to invest in the script, and the script in this case is the players."We have to protect the players.We have to protect them all across the board if we really want people to look at this league as the best women’s league in the world.
So, you have to be intentional with the players and the script.You have to tighten that and build that, and make them feel comfortable in the situation that they’re in."THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.
DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!Anthony didn’t elaborate on what exactly the players need to be protected from, but he did lead his way into wanting to hear exactly how players feel about anything."This is a partnership.It’s not like, ‘You work for me.’ No, we work together to build this.
I want to...