in july dedicating the entire 2020 season to social justice issues, honoring the black lives matter movement, and the say her name campaign. in a controversial move, then dream co-owner kellyoeffler opposed the plan. the conservative millionaire republican was an appointed u.s. senator and faced an upcoming election in november. >> she's a law and order conservative who backs the blue. >> reporter: she wrote to the wnba commissioner saying, the lives of each and every african-american matter, and there's no debating the fact that there is no place for racism in our country. however, i adamantly oppose the black lives matter political movement. i believe it is totally disaligned with the values and goals of the wnba and the atlanta dream, where we support tolerance and inclusion. >> the wnba has embraced the black lives matter political organization, this is a very divisive organization based on marxist principles. >> who didn't have your back, and it was something that i was very critical of, was kelly loeffler. this is a woman that signed your checks, okay? >> yeah. >> what did you make of what she said? >> if you felt that way, why didn't you just say something earlier?