An American basketballer has accused Basketball Australia of “racial discrimination” for trying to enforce a rule no longer used elsewhere.
Following the opening two games of her WNBL career, the 27-year-old American took to Instagram on Sunday after an email from the league threatened to keep players with long braids off the court unless they tied them up.
“If a player has their hair braided, and it swings free from their head when the head is moved, it may cause harm to another player if struck by the braid. Due to injury that may be caused, players are not permitted on the court with free braids in their hair.” “You can clearly see in the second picture before my first game the pain I was still carrying because how are you enforcing a rule that isn’t even a rule anymore, the target I felt I had on my back was undescribable but still played with all the disappoint I felt from Basketball Australia.”
Tiffany Mitchell during Saturday’s game against the Southside Flyers. Picture: Kelly Defina/Getty Images
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