Charter flights for WNBA road games was an early Mother's Day gift for players with children

NEW YORK (AP) — Indiana’s Katie Lou Samuelson says life as first-time mom got a littler easier with the WNBA’s announcement that players will fly on charter flights for road games.

The announcement addressed security concerns among other issues, but was an early Mother’s Day gift for the Fever wing and about a dozen other players across the league with children.

“It’s going to be a lot easier traveling with a nine-month old on a charter than it would be commercially,” Samuelson, who gave birth to her daughter, Aliya Renea Cannady, on Aug. 4., said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. “She’ll be on a lot of the road trips.”

Many players would not take their kids on the road due to the requirements for young children when flying on commercial flights.

Breanna Stewart, who has two children with wife Marta, also appreciates the new travel perk — as well as other benefits for parents under the current CBA. The benefits include: