Overview
- Azzi Fudd announced Friday that she will play for Project B this offseason and will not join the U.S. 3-on-3 league Unrivaled.
- Project B plans a traveling, tournament-style 5-on-5 circuit with six teams of 11 players competing in multiple two-week events across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
- The league says it completed a capital raise, has signed several high-profile WNBA players and will stream matches with Host Broadcast Services producing live coverage on YouTube.
- Project B offers every athlete equity and says women’s pay will exceed current WNBA levels, a pitch aimed at giving players offseason alternatives to traditional overseas contracts.
- The league has faced scrutiny over earlier reporting of Saudi-linked financing but its cofounder denies Saudi equity and says a prior partnership with the Saudi vendor Sela is inactive.