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Indiana Fever -Star Sophie Cunningham sent a blunt message to Wnba and Commissioner Cathy Engelbert while talking to journalists on Sunday.
When asked whether the WNBA season is too long or too short, Cunningham referred to the league’s ongoing negotiations with the players’ union about a new collective negotiation agreement and players who expressed a desire for more money.
“You can just ask Cathy to pay us and then we can have a discussion,” Cunningham said.
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Cunningham is just one of many players who talk about wanting more compensation as Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) is negotiating a new deal with the league.
Indiana Fever -vagt Sophie Cunningham during the Wings game at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on June 27, 2025. (Jerome Miron-Preferred Pictures)
Players at the All-Star game Saturday had T-shirts reading “Pay us what you owe us” during warming. The shirts included the WNBPA logo.
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Indiana Fever Guard Sophie Cunningham and Connecticut Sun Guard Jacy Sheldon are fighting at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, June 17, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Published Pictures)
The players met with league officials on Thursday and the pages did not reach an appointment. Chicago Sky star Angel Reese was one of many WNBA players who have criticized the league’s handling of negotiations.
“It was an eye -opener for me. Like hearing things and hearing things and not things that I was glad to hear. It was disrespectful the things we were sent back, the suggestion that we were sent back,” she said Friday.
Indiana Fever-Guard Sophie Cunningham responds to the Brazilian landscape in Carver-Haweye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, May 4, 2025. (Jeffrey Becker-Preferred Pictures)
“It’s important to be able to be vocal. If I am leaning back, it seems that I don’t care.”
New York Liberty Star Sabrina Ionescu said the players would not settle for “minimum” in the negotiations, while Phoenix Mercury player Satou Sabally called the league’s latest offer a “clap in the face.”
