Yahoo Sports Article About Brittney Griner & Lack of Action from WNBA, USWBB

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Reached by Yahoo Sports on Monday, both the WNBA and USA Basketball said they were still investigating the matter. "The WNBA's investigation into the incident involving Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson is ongoing," was the statement relayed by spokesman Ron Howard – the same statement released a week ago. USA Basketball has not even spoken with the players involved. "We've got training camp right now," spokesman Craig Miller said by phone on Monday. "That's the priority right now."

So it's hard to see how an investigation is moving forward.

There is a risk here of conveying a double standard that domestic violence isn't worth punishing harshly when only women are involved. Although it has only been two weeks since the arrest, Griner has already pleaded out and any inertia on the part of the WNBA and USA Basketball shouldn't be excused. Every league needs to hold to a better societal standard.

"The fact that she's already taken the plea, I don't think it's a legitimate reason for a delay," said Nicole Ford, a longtime domestic violence attorney based in San Francisco. "To say we're still gathering evidence, she took a plea, that's her admitting it happened. They're protecting their trademark, their brand. That's more important than anything."

Griner pulled out of this week's USA Basketball camp in Las Vegas, and the response from coach Carol Callan to ESPN was this:

"As you can imagine, the last couple of weeks have been difficult for her and she has a lot going through her mind. We understand, and she has our support."

That kind of reassurance would have been widely decried if, say, LeBron James had been arrested for domestic violence, took a plea deal, and Mike Krzyzewski expressed his support.

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