When the Los Angeles Sparks put out a public call for male practice players, the response from social media has struck a nerve with Cameron Brink. A number of the replies made Brink feel uncomfortable about the idea of bringing in male strangers to practice.

Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink said she was revolted by the response she had seen online to a call by the team for male players to try out for the practice squad.

When Cameron Brink’s Los Angeles Sparks team put out a call for men to try out to practice against the WNBA players, there was a strong social media response, some of which left Brink “icked out.”