The Women's Japan Basketball League prepared a ball room at a luxury Tokyo hotel for its season-opening news conference with the head coaches and captains of all the 12 clubs on Monday.
But Yuko Oga, the most vocal female player in the country, wasn't satisfied by just a fancy setting. She thinks the league has pressing issues that need to be addressed right away.
In fact, the 33-year-old guard for the Toyota Motors Antelopes, ripped the outdated way the WJBL still runs things, saying it wouldn't help raise awareness for the league or improve the game in Japan.
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