Name: Nneka Ogwumike - Excellence and Equity with the Los Angeles Sparks and WNBPA | The Daily Show
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This is so fun, especially having a woman president

I hope this is a predictor of the future. Welcome.

-(laughs) Thank you. -(cheering and applause)

I-I don't even know where to start in your world

b-because of how many achievements you just have,

Let's start with your journey as a player.

-Okay. -You know, you are one of the most accomplished players

that we've ever seen in the game of basketball.

Magic Johnson said that he watches you play, and he goes,

you're one of the smartest players on and off the court.

He actually said you-you... you are like a combination

-That-that is... That is really high praise. -(laughs)

-You've dominated. -(cheering and applause)

-Yeah. -And then you have a younger sister

who has been predicted to also be coming into the W...

What are they feeding you in your family?

we're Nigerian, so we eat a lot of egusi soup.

But is, like, is there something in your family where, like...

so many great basketball players in the family?

Um, in our culture, it's just the staple and the standard.

I would have found a way to be excellent in that.

-Right. -And it just so happened that we all play basketball.

Um, but not only that. You know, we had the opportunity

to play basketball at Stanford University

and then my youngest two sisters play at Rice.

-Yeah. -It's interesting that you-you've been playing

for so long, and the WNBA is so young as a league.

there wasn't even an idea of a possible future.

I mean, the-the WNBA has been growing exponentially,

but it's still... W-Was that ever an idea?

Did you think, "Oh, I'm gonna be playing professionally"?

I'm not gonna lie, Trevor. I didn't think

I was gonna play professionally till I was, like,

-halfway through my senior year of college. -Wow.

just to how we were raised but also not being...

Kind of being ignorant to the opportunities

how much I've grown in my intellect about that

and being able to educate people about that

and also affect change in this current CBA,

-It's kind of cool. Yeah. -That's really amazing.

-(cheering and applause) -That really is amazing.

is-is truly one of the most interesting stories,

You know, it does... it does better and better.

and-and yet there are so many complicated stories within it.

You-you have amazing women who are athletes

Um, most of them, I've-I've heard, have college degrees.

-Almost everyone. -Like-- Almost everyone?

-Yeah, yeah. -That's-that's special on its own.

-That's very special. -You have business owners.

But then, because of the pay structures in the league,

most of the women have to go overseas to earn--

but more money from other countries playing

-in a basketball league. -We have a 12-month season.

-Right. -And that is to-- That gives us an opportunity

to earn... (quietly): up to ten times more than...

-I'm sorry, what? Up... -Up to ten times more overseas.

What do you mean, up to te-- Up to ten times more where?

You get paid ten times more outside of America?

Um, and so we wanted to make sure that...

But, like, what c-- which countries are these?

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