Mel Bracht of the DAILY OKLAHOMAN reports today that ESPN sideline reporter Stacey Dales had quit the network because she “was unhappy with flying coach while many of her colleagues were flying first class.” (DEADSPIN first broke the news - and wasn’t credited by the Oklahoman.)

Dales had been with the network since 2002. She told Bracht, “At some point, you have to take a stand at whatever you are doing in life That’s not sounding like a feminist. That’s not sounding like a spoiled, rotten kid. That’s making a business decision that affects the quality of your life. That was an important thing for me.”

So is Dales implying that she’s being forced to fly coach because she’s a woman?

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