Sophie Cunningham Sparks Outrage With Controversial Take on WNBA Scoring Limits for Women

Sophie Cunningham Sparks Outrage With Controversial Take on WNBA Scoring Limits for Women

Is it just me—or does it seem like the only way to make it in today’s WNBA is to be aggressively average? I’m sitting here, pondering the look on Sophie Cunningham’s face (scroll up, seriously, you have to admire that “I mean business, but I’m also about to suggest a rule so wild your head will spin” energy), and I can’t help but snort. Picture a world where scoring nine points practically gets you escorted out of the arena—maybe with a tiny “try again next year” trophy for your offense. The audacity to call for a ban on ambitious stat-stuffers because they dare to, well, do the thing the league pays them for… It’s the kind of logic that could only come from a press conference that probably had more eye rolls than reporters . Can you imagine the standings at the end of a season where only underperformers make the cut? Sweet mercy—pass me a Gatorade, because my digital marketer’s heart just skipped a beat at the sheer, meme-worthy clickability of this madness . But, hey, if we’re defending mediocrity in the name of “fairness,” maybe I should start telling Google to penalize every web page that gets more than eight visits per day. Want to join me in shaking your head at the latest attempt to “level the playing field”? Step into Sophie’s world—a place where being good at basketball might actually get you benched . LEARN MORE

INDIANAPOLIS—Contending that the proposed restrictions were “common sense” and necessary to preserve the integrity of the sport, Indiana Fever shooting guard Sophie Cunningham claimed Friday that any woman who averages more than eight points per game should not be allowed to play in the WNBA. “Women who average more than 8.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, or 1.3 assists per game clearly have an unfair biological advantage over women who don’t, and we need to maintain a level playing field,” said Cunningham at a press conference, arguing that single-digit scorers shouldn’t have to worry about losing opportunities to players who possessed superior shooting, passing, and rebounding skills. “I don’t care what kind of criticism I get for saying this, but we need to protect women’s sports from people who are good at women’s sports. My concern is for the lower-to-average-tier players in the locker room who don’t have anyone else speaking up for them. If I get flack for saying what we’re all thinking, then so be it.” Cunningham added that she would never apologize for defending the next generation of girls from one day having to compete against someone who can reliably create her own shot.

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