Sophie Cunningham has as soon as once more been fined by the WNBA, this time for feedback she made on the debut episode of her new podcast, Present Me One thing. On Tuesday’s episode, Cunningham revealed the league fined her $1,500 for her statements.
Within the pilot episode of her podcast, the Fever guard and host West Wilson mentioned her frustrations with WNBA officiating a scorching subject amongst gamers and coaches alike this season:
Come Tuesday, Cunningham defined the method of fines within the league after revealing she was penalized for her feedback.
“The WNBA fined me,” stated Cunningham. “Dude, they fined me $1,500. I used to be like ‘What? That is just the start!”
“What occurs is [the WNBA] emails our GM and he or she pulls me apart… and he or she simply smiled and goes ‘Hey, theyre gonna positive you once more.’ I even instructed them I credited them that their job was arduous! I did say that and I stated that I might not be good at it. I did say that, like, have a look at the entire image? What are we doing?”
This isn’t the primary time Cunningham was fined for criticism of league officiating this season. In late July, Cunningham was fined for blasting WNBA officers in a TikTok video. Within the clip, the 28-year-old gave the impression to be in a lodge room, lip syncing to a soundbite from singer Sabrina Carpenter’s music “Manchild.”
The audio sings, “Silly or is it gradual? Perhaps it’s ineffective.” Cunningham pointed across the room with every adjective and wrote “@ some refs” over the clip.
She later shook off the disciplinary motion after telling her viewers of the $500 verify she needed to write for the WNBA.
“I acquired fined $500 for this TikTok. idk why that is humorous to me,” Cunningham wrote. “Like okay, you bought it bud! Trigger theres no more necessary issues to be nervous about with our league proper now.”
Earlier this season, Fever head coach Stephanie White was additionally fined after making feedback about league officiating.
Regardless of the absence of teammate Caitlin Clark since July 15, out with a groin harm, the Fever sit third within the Jap Convention and fifth within the WNBA with a 17-12 report. Whereas Cunningham continues to work on her podcast and social media content material, she is averaging 8.0 factors and three.9 factors for the Fever this season.