After creating some controversy with her recent remarks on the WNBA’s planned expansion to Cleveland, Detroit, and Philadelphia over the coming years, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham provided some clarity on her comments.
“First of all, I know the history behind the WBA. I know that both of those cities have had teams before, and what they got us, and I’m thankful for that,” Cunningham expressed.
“All I was really getting at is, like, Broadway [Nashville], the off-court lifestyle, and so I think that is really intriguing. I think Miami’s intriguing. That’s all I was getting at. I’m thankful for what they’ve done for the history of the sport. I think it’d be fun to kind of get some teams outside the NBA market. I do think there is a benefit when you do have an NBA team, but that’s all I was getting at.
“I think people totally misread that situation. I would never speak down upon middle-class, blue-collar working people. That’s where I come from. I’m from Missouri. I get I’m in Indiana, and that’s kind of why I’m hinting that, Broadway sounds fun, SoFi in Miami sounds fun. All I was getting at.”
Fever wing Sophie Cunningham offers clarifying thoughts about her comments on WNBA expansion from earlier this week: pic.twitter.com/pkXuXywI6E
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Cunningham and the Fever (9-8) return to action on Saturday evening at 6 p.m. CT with a date against the Los Angeles Sparks on NBA TV.
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