Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner was allegedly aggressively confronted at Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport on Saturday while traveling with her team.

Liberty forward Breanna Stewart was vocal on Twitter about the player-safety issue this scenario presented, and spoke prior to the Liberty’s 102-93 win over Dallas on Sunday about the changes that she said should be made in the WNBA.

“I think that there needs to be extra precautionary measures taken,” Stewart said. “I don’t think anyone is against BG having charter flights whenever she wants so that she can be herself and travel and be comfortable and be safe. Because that’s the last thing we want is what happened [Saturday].”

Alex Stein, a personality on BlazeTV known for provoking politicians, berated Griner with questions about her release from a Russian prison while videoing the encounter on his phone.

The WNBA announced in April that it would expand the league’s charter-plane use to accommodate teams during the 2023 playoffs and in cases of back-to-back games.

However, commercial flights remain the primary mode of transportation for the athletes during the regular season.

“It’s unfortunate, obviously, what happened to BG. It should never happen. Hopefully change can happen,” Liberty coach Sandy Brondello said. “For us, nothing has happened yet, but should we have to wait for a ‘yet’? That’s the big thing — these players have to be protected.”

With the WNBA schedule increased to a record-high 40 games this year, Stewart also stressed the benefit of charter flights in terms of recovery and performance.

“If we have the owners who are willing to support it and do it, it’s for the health and safety, to not only make sure we get from city to city without being harassed like BG was in the airport, but also making sure we are able to perform our best,” Stewart said.

The WNBA cites financial restrictions as the reason why charter flights are not a season-long option.