By Sydney Colson, Athletes Unlimited guard and chairperson of Player Executive Committee
's inaugural basketball season. I have had the opportunity to play professional sports for more than a decade, both stateside and abroad, and I can honestly say I have never had a playing experience like the one I had with AU.
I became the chairperson of our Player Executive Committee comprised of five amazing women. While we don’t speak for all of the athletes on our roster, we do represent all of them as we make decisions about our league. Our real work started almost nine months before we even stepped foot on the basketball court. The PEC participated in weekly meetings with AU staff and was involved in all aspects of key decisions concerning the league and its players. Our input was requested, valued and incorporated across so many aspects of the league that we quickly understood how serious the co-founders were about the league being “athlete-led.
Our league is comprised of players with diverse backgrounds, interests and life experiences, and AU has proven to be a safe place for an athlete to play and trust their voice will be heard and their individuality celebrated. So when it came to deciding whether we would bring our 2023 season to Dallas, we had a lot to consider. What did it mean to be a professional women's league that's core tenet is athlete empowerment, playing our entire five-week season in a state where, just a few hours south and at the very same time as we played our season, Texas lawmakers would be attacking
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