Like many, Indiana fever guard Sophie Cunningham He had many jokes about the recent trend of fans who launched sex toys on the court during the WNBA Games. She did not expect her comments to bite again or hit –
“If someone threw this thing and how, first of all the rebound, the rebound that this thing had, if this hit someone in the face, you know that this will be plastered everywhere,” he said about it. “Show me somethingPodcast on Tuesday, August 5.
28 -year -old Cunningham referred to the two incidents of the previous week, In a game at Atlanta Dream Home and the other in a Chicago Sky game. In both incidents, an amateur launched a green neon solo consolker on the court, interrupting the game.
“Stop throwing off the track,” Cunningham wrote track X On Friday, August 1st. “You will hurt one of us.”
The fever was in Los Angeles to face the sparks on Tuesday, August 5, and surely a neon green torpedo headed to the court, similar to Cunningham on the ankle.
Sparks Star Plum KelSey Immediately the intrusive implementation of the track kicked and the sparks ended with a victory of 100-91. Cunningham arrived at X after the party, quoting his original post with “This does not get old”.
The recent Phallic Frenian of the WNBA has made a lot of jokes for both players and fans, but the league has made it clear that the trend is not acceptable. They fan that launched the first object in Atlanta has been arrested and the WNBA published a statement that reiterated its standards of sand.
“The safety and well -being of everyone in our stages is a maximum priority for our league,” the WNBA said in a statement on Saturday, August 2. “Objects of any kind launched on the court or the seats can be a risk of security for players, game officials and fans. Online with WNBA safety rules to arrest and persecution by local authorities.”
In reference to the growth of women’s basketball in recent years, Cunningham added that these incidents harm the credibility that the WNBA has been working on to build.
“Everyone tries to say that the W is not a joke and take seriously and this happens,” he told his podcast. “I am like,” How will we take seriously? “”
Spark coach Lynne Roberts He also had harsh words for fans disturb the game.
“It’s ridiculous. He’s dumb. He’s stupid,” he told the team’s press conference. “It’s also dangerous, and you know, the safety of the players is number 1, respecting the game, all these things.