Sophie Cunningham hints at WNBA commissioner shakeup as she goes after Cathy Engelbert
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said she believes new leadership might help the WNBA. In an interview published Wednesday by USA Today, Cunningham — who became a lightning rod amid debates of transgender athletes in women’s sports — discussed commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s future, and said “that could be a position maybe open” at the end of this year’s league calendar.
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Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said she believes new leadership might help the WNBA. In an interview published Wednesday by USA Today, Cunningham — who became a lightning rod amid debates of transgender athletes in women’s sports — discussed commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s future, and said “that could be a position maybe open” at the end of this year’s league calendar. “You do have to have a person in power who is bold, who is confident, who wants the best for the players and not maybe for themselves all the time,” Cunningham said. “So I do feel like, as a whole, that could be a position that’s maybe open at the end of the year, but that’s not my call.” In her seventh year as the WNBA’s commissioner, Engelbert’s current contract is set to expire after the 2026 season.
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