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Associated Press
Jul 24, 2025, 11:57 AM ET
Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham has been fined $500 for a TikTok station criticizing the league's referees, she wrote connected X.
The archetypal TikTok featured Cunningham lip-synching to opus lyrics, saying, "Stupid. Or is it, slow? Or maybe, useless?" with the words "@ immoderate refs" connected the video.
The TikTok was posted connected July 18 and has since garnered 1.3 cardinal views.
"I got fined $500 for this TikTok," Cunningham tweeted Wednesday, with laughing look emojis. "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 now."
Officiating has go a contentious contented successful the league this season, with galore players and coaches criticizing referees for inconsistent calls. Some of the astir high-profile instances person surrounded calls involving Fever prima Caitlin Clark, Cunningham's teammate.
"Everybody's getting amended - but the officials," Fever caput manager Stephanie White said past month. "So we got to find a mode to remedy it. I mean, you've heard each manager speech astir it, truthful I don't cognize what the reply is."
Cunningham has been successful the headlines precocious for appearing to beryllium Clark's protector. She was ejected aft a carnal altercation with Connecticut's Jacy Sheldon past period pursuing a scuffle betwixt Sheldon and Clark earlier successful the game. Sheldon was besides ejected.
