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The WNBA has been making the headlines successful caller weeks owed to a quality implicit adjacent pay.
Players competing successful the WNBA All-Star crippled caught the oculus aft wearing achromatic t-shirts with the connection 'pay america what you beryllium us' connected the front.
The apparel was worn aft the stars of the league and the league itself failed to travel to an statement connected however overmuch the athletes should beryllium earning.
According to CNBC, a WNBA subordinate tin gain anyplace betwixt $66,079 and $249,244, though that does not see different sources of income, specified arsenic endorsements.
However, immoderate players person claimed that it is not adjacent capable to cover their rent and bills.
In the latest twist to this melodramatic conflict, Sophie Cunningham has taken a veiled jab astatine the league connected societal media.
Sophie Cunningham during a WNBA game. Image: Getty
It came aft she claimed she was fined $500 for posting a TikTok connected her idiosyncratic account.
The TikTok was acceptable to Sabrina Carpenter’s UK Number One ‘Manchild’, which is regularly utilized to suggest that the idiosyncratic it is astir is anserine oregon slow.
The caption of the station read: “@ immoderate refs,” insinuating that it they were the people of the insult.
However, the WNBA did not find it truthful funny, and the Indiana Fever prima revealed that she was punished for the post.
“I got fined $500 for this TikTok,” she posted connected X, formerly Twitter.
“Idk [I don’t know] wherefore this is comic to me…
“Like good you got it bud!
“Cause there’s not much important things to beryllium disquieted astir with our league close now.”
I got fined $500 for this TikTok 🤣🤣 idk wherefore this is comic to me… similar good 👍🏼 you got it bud! Cause there’s not much important things to beryllium disquieted astir with our league close present pic.twitter.com/ELAlguHhMQ
— Sophie Cunningham (@sophaller) July 23, 2025Cunningham joined The Fever successful January, having antecedently played for the Phoenix Mercury and Australian broadside Melbourne Boomers.
Players successful the men’s league, the NBA, person been known to gain millions of dollars a year.
However, the WNBA is reportedly losing wealth and has ne'er turned a nett successful its 28-year history.
The league’s illustration has grown importantly successful caller seasons though, acknowledgment successful portion to the interaction of big-name stars similar Caitlin Clark.
At conscionable 23-years-old, the Indiana Fever constituent defender is already a two-time WNBA All-Star, having been selected successful 2024 and 2025.
