Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has been fined for the second time this season by the WNBA for making critical comments about league officiating, she revealed on her podcast earlier this week.
Cunningham said she was fined $1,500 following remarks made during the debut episode of Show Me Something, which aired July 28. The penalty follows a previous $500 fine she received in July for a TikTok video perceived as mocking WNBA referees.
“They’re just so inconsistent,” Cunningham said on the podcast, as reported by Alyce Brown of the Associated Press. “If I was a ref, I know I would mess up all the time. Like, I’m not saying that your job is easy, but when it is a simple call in front of your face multiple times, what are you doing? What are you doing?”
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