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Indiana Fever -Star Sophie Cunningham has not thrown herself away from talking her mind this season, but this time Wnba hits his wallet for it.
Cunningham revealed that a recent Tiktok post, where she shouted “some refs” in WNBA, led to a $ 500 fine.
“I got a $ 500 fines for this tiktok,” Cunningham wrote on X with laughing emojier. “[I don’t know] Why this is fun for me … like ok [thumb emoji] You have that knob! Because there are no more important things to be worried about with our league right now. “
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Indiana Fever Guard Sophie Cunningham (8) runs back up the field during a game against Dallas Wings in the American Airlines Center on June 27, 2025. (Jerome Miron/Imag- Pictures)
In the video, Cunningham wrote “@ some refs” and lip the lyrics of pop star Sabrina Carpenters song “Manchild.”
“Dum. Or is it slow? Maybe it’s useless,” the song went like Cunningham Lip-synchronized the words.
While she was not elaborating, the “more important things may be concerned about” that Cunningham probably pointed out that the players ‘current message about the ongoing negotiations between the league and the players’ union over a new collective negotiation agreement.
Fever’s Sophie Cunningham celebrates hitting 1m Tiktok supporters after clinging up to Caitlin Clark
WNBA players have expressed a desire for more money that was on full view with T-shirts reading “Pay us what you owe us” before the All-Star game last weekend.
Cunningham may not have played in the game, but she recently brought WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert in a conversation with a reporter.
Indiana Fever Guard Sophie Cunningham (8) during the first half of a WNBA basketball match against Las Vegas Aces in the T-Mobile Arena. (Lucas Peltier-Preferred Pictures)
“You can just ask Cathy to pay us, and then we can have a discussion,” Cunningham said when asked if the WNBA season is too long or too short.
Cunningham, who has assumed the role of enforcing with the fever, has called the judges and the league in the past not to protect superstar mate Caitlin Clark.
She threw a jab last month when she talked about her fiery nature on the field, specifically when she came to the defense of Clark against Connecticut Sun. She entered a fight with Sun Guard Jacy Sheldon, who knocked Clark in her eye earlier in the game. They were both pushed out of the game with 40 seconds left, but Cunningham did not finish issuing her complaints at the time.
“During that, it was just part of the game. I think the judges had a lot to do with it,” she said. “It was a structure for a couple of years now of those who just didn’t protect the star player in WNBA. At the end of the day I will protect my teammates. That’s what I do.”
June 27, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Indiana Fever -vagt Sophie Cunningham (8) looks at during the second half against Dallas Wings in the American Airlines Center. (Jerome Miron/Imag- Pictures)
Cunningham has received a big subsequent on social media since he joined the fever this season after six years playing for Phoenix Mercury. Over 19 games this season (two starts) she has an average of 7.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and shoots 40% from three-point territory in her 23.5 minutes per day. Battle from the bench.
