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Message: [QUOTE="TheFarmFan, post: 3221288, member: 9403"] Whatever the truth is, this sounds like an incredibly unhealthy relationship all the way around. On Howard's end, she claims her girlfriend stabbed her with a knife and sent her to the hospital (in 2016), but then she went ahead and married her the next year (in 2017)? The fact she she put this all in a declaration filed in court means that there will be legal repercussions were it to be determined her claims are untrue, so I take her claims with more than a grain of salt. On the other hand, her (soon to be)ex-wife's claims about being isolated, manipulated and eventually abused could easily [I]also [/I]be true too, especially if she's been spending seasons with her overseas where she knows no one and doesn't even speak the language. From what I can glean, rather than being she said vs. she said, it almost seems more like she said [I]and[/I] she said - some version of both stories are probably true. I just hope they both get help because it sounds like they were both contributing to an incredibly unhealthy relationship. They got married after 9 months, and suddenly her wife is moving overseas with her with no support system and presumably no financial independence (and given the loneliness that WNBA players face playing overseas, even Howard probably had little support outside of her wife). It really sounds like there were no winners in this situation, and no heroes. --- Relatedly, I don't want to thread hijack, but the league really needs to examine how year-round, team-changing, global lifestyle requirements affect WNBA players. They leave college environments that provide a lot of support, stability, and solid relationships for a bunch of 2-3 month sojourns that barely pay the bills in countries where they don't know anyone and don't speak the language. That is not a recipe for good mental health or establishing adult support systems. Transitioning from college is hard enough for any 22 year old, let alone one who has a media spotlight and ton of responsibilities to entities around the world. That isn't to shirk the players' own responsibility for their actions, but it's clear to see that the lifestyle required to be a professional women's basketball player does not put them in the best position to grow into mature, healthy adults. [/QUOTE]

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