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Fever star Sophie Cunningham continues condemnation of WNBA commissioner: ‘Cathy, no one cares’
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Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has been among the most outspoken WNBA players to address the recent controversy surrounding Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. During her latest podcast episode, Cunningham continued to speak out, calling out the league boss for acting out of self-interest.
Both on social media and during her exit interview on Wednesday, Cunningham spoke at length about her issues with Engelbert and league officiating.
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham (8) warms up before the start of the game against the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena. (David Butler II/Imagn Images)
“I’m just tired of our league. They need to step up and be better. Our leadership from top to bottom needs to be held accountable. I think there are a lot of people in positions of power in the WNBA, who they might be really great business people, but they don’t know s— about basketball. And that’s gotta change.”
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In the latest episode of her podcast, “Show Me Something,” Cunningham expanded on her thoughts amid the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations.
“At the end of the day, everyone’s fed up – fed up with how the league is treating us.
“They should be ashamed of themselves for what they’re giving back to us because it’s nothing. It is nothing. They’re not listening. The thing is, they’re not even engaging with us. It is bad.”
Cunningham, whose first season with the Fever was cut short due to injury, again addressed Engelbert. She said Engelbert lacked the qualities of a “great leader,” and said that recent comments from the commissioner were out of self-interest.
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham (8) plays against the Phoenix Mercury during a WNBA game at PHX Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, on Aug. 7, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)
“Great leaders want to see other people be more successful than them, they want to make sure that they’re cared for,” Cunningham said. “And I get it, she’s the business side of it. Like, I get it. But you can be respectful and treat your product – the product of why people are paying attention, why people are buying certain jerseys – treat your product with respect.
“Like, be a great leader. She’s not. She’s not in any sense. The disrespect is just crazy to me.”
“I think this just such a pivotal point in the WNBA because there’s so many eyes on us, there’s so many new fans – there’s millions of millions, I should say, of new fans – and at the end of the day she’s worried about her. In all of her statements it’s like, ‘Well, I got us here and I –,’ Cathy no one cares. Literally, no one cares.”
Engelbert addressed the media Friday, and was asked about comments Napheesa Collier alleged she made about star player Caitlin Clark. Engelbert denied the accusations.
Cathy Engelbert talks to the media during the 2024 WNBA Draft on April 15, 2024, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York. (Melanie Fidler/NBAE via Getty Images)
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“Obviously, I did not make those comments. Caitlin has been a transformational player in this league. She’s been a great representative of the game. She’s brought in tens of millions of new fans to the game,” she said.
“There’s a lot of inaccuracy out there through social media and all this reporting,” she later added. “A lot of reporting, a lot of inaccuracy about what I say, what I didn’t say.”
The players’ association and the WNBA agreed to an eight-year agreement in 2020, but last year the WNBPA voted to opt out of the agreement early. The current agreement is set to expire Oct. 31.
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It’s the final weekend of action all across Europe before the international break.
Saturday’s action continues in the Premier League with Manchester United hosting Sunderland as the pressure builds on United manager Ruben Amorim, and we have a huge heavyweight clash with Chelsea taking on Liverpool at Stamford Bridge. Finally in the Bundesliga, we have Eintracht Frankfurt against Bayern Munich.
Enjoy Saturday’s action of all the major events happening in Europe.
Ruben Amorim has said it would be “naive” to think he will be allowed to continue as Manchester United manager if the team’s poor results continue.
Amorim’s job is under intense scrutiny ahead of Sunderland‘s visit to Old Trafford on Saturday.
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The Portuguese coach has won just nine of his 33 Premier League matches since his appointment 10 months ago.
And he accepts that it will be “impossible” for co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe to continue to show faith if United’s form doesn’t turn around soon.
“Nobody here is naive,” Amorim told a news conference on Friday. “We understand that we need results to continue the project.
“We will reach a point that is impossible for everyone because this is a very big club with a lot of sponsors, with two owners. So it’s hard, the balance is really hard.”
United will look to extend their unbeaten run against newly promoted teams against Sunderland this weekend.
Their last defeat was against Watford in November 2021 — a result which prompted the club to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Four of Amorim’s nine league wins have come against promoted teams — Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich last season and Burnley this term.
However, Sunderland pose a significant threat having adapted well to the Premier League, earning 11 points from their first six games. It’s the best start for a club coming up from the Championship since West Ham in 2012.
Ahead of meeting Regis Le Bris’ side, Amorim is facing more calls to change his 3-4-3 system, but he has again insisted he will not switch to a different formation.
“I’m the manager of the club, a big club,” he said. “And it’s the media that is going to dictate what I’m going to do? It cannot be. It’s not possible to sustain that.
“My biggest problem is for my players to believe in you guys [the media] when you say the problem of our team is the system.
“I get crazy about that because I can see the team.
“This team play in a different system for many years. And you were talking about the lack of identity, no idea, whatever. So it’s not the system. It’s the small details, the way we play the game.”
Defeat to Sunderland would ramp up the pressure on Amorim even further ahead of the international break.
There’s been speculation the 40-year-old could quit before he’s sacked if the poor results continue, but he says only the club’s hierarchy will decide his future.
“No, that is a decision of the board,” said Amorim. “I cannot do that. Sometimes I have that feeling and losing is hard.
“It’s so frustrating when you create the momentum, go to the next game, something happens. That feeling sometimes hurts me a lot. Also the players and especially the staff here. But that is not my decision.
“And I think it would be really hard to leave if I don’t do everything to follow my career here.”
Fever star Sophie Cunningham continues condemnation of WNBA commissioner: ‘Cathy, no one cares’
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