{"id":2642657,"date":"2026-08-10T13:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-nba-is-enabling-the-wnbas-anti-white-violence\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T13:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:28:03","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-nba-is-enabling-the-wnbas-anti-white-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-nba-is-enabling-the-wnbas-anti-white-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"The NBA Is Enabling The WNBA&#8217;s Anti-White Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-nba-is-enabling-the-wnbas-anti-white-violence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2642657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses ongoing issues within the WNBA, highlighting incidents of violence and accusations of racial bias. It emphasizes a recent aggressive foul by Chicago Sky player DiJonai Carrington against Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham, which led to Carrington being ejected and fined. carrington then claimed the incident was an example of \u201cwhite privilege,\u201d implying racial bias. The article argues that such violent incidents are part of a broader pattern of aggression in the league,often involving white players targeted by predominantly black players. It criticizes the league&#8217;s lack of disciplinary action and suggests that the NBA&#8217;s financial backing enables the WNBA&#8217;s problematic behaviors. The author contends that despite notable losses and the league&#8217;s reliance on NBA support, little effort has been made to address these issues or ensure player safety. Ultimately, the article condemns the league\u2019s current state and calls for greater accountability and reform.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NGpwi23QBSE\">ESPN\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/10\/the-nba-is-enabling-the-wnbas-anti-white-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=The NBA Is Enabling The WNBA\u2019s Anti-White Violence&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/10\/the-nba-is-enabling-the-wnbas-anti-white-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=The NBA Is Enabling The WNBA\u2019s Anti-White Violence&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/10\/the-nba-is-enabling-the-wnbas-anti-white-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/10\/the-nba-is-enabling-the-wnbas-anti-white-violence\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=The NBA Is Enabling The WNBA\u2019s Anti-White Violence&#038;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/10\/the-nba-is-enabling-the-wnbas-anti-white-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\">                     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); pfTrackEvent(&#039;The NBA Is Enabling The WNBA\u2019s Anti-White Violence&#039;); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\">                     <span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span>                     <\/a>                 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Women\u2019s National Basketball Association\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WNBA<\/a>) continued existence as an embarrassing excuse for a sports league is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/22\/if-wnba-players-want-to-talk-money-they-owe-their-male-counterparts-millions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dependent<\/a> on its largest backer, the men\u2019s National Basketball Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBA<\/a>). So, at what point does the latter use its financial influence to stop the former\u2019s anti-white violence problem?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The few interested viewers who bothered tuning in to Saturday\u2019s Chicago Sky-Indiana Fever WNBA matchup were treated to a knockoff gladiator battle, in which Chicago guard DiJonai Carrington committed an egregious foul against Indiana guard Sophie Cunningham. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NGpwi23QBSE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video<\/a> of the incident shows Carrington \u2014 who was <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/wnba-punish-chicago-sky-star-132400898.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ejected and fined<\/a> for the hit \u2014 wrapping her arm around Cunningham\u2019s neck and dragging her toward the ground as the Fever guard went for a layup.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-564797919\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carrington, who is black, dutifully took to social media to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-08-10\/wnba-player-posts-white-privilege-after-being-ejected\/107016658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">classify<\/a> the incident as an example of \u201cwhite privilege.\u201d Because, as everyone knows, wrapping one\u2019s arm around another person\u2019s face and sacking them to the floorboards is something only white people can get away with. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One might expect that type of foul to be a rarity, but the barbaric hit on Cunningham is not an anomaly. Rather, it\u2019s part of a longstanding <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/intentional-bullying-sophie-cunningham-takes-192447588.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pattern<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/13\/by-bowing-to-the-leftist-mob-caitlin-clark-abandons-her-most-ardent-defenders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">of<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/video\/clip\/_\/id\/49171130\/caitlin-clark-lands-hard-takes-hand-neck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">violence<\/a> against her and fellow (white) teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/caitlin-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caitlin Clark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not difficult to assess why this phenomenon has come to fruition. Both Cunningham \u2014 who has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/04\/woke-wnba-attacks-sophie-cunningham-and-her-fans-for-supporting-womens-rights-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taken a stand<\/a> against trans-identifying dudes in women\u2019s sports \u2014 and Clark are popular players who are bringing fresh eyes to a league most people don\u2019t care about. It just so happens that both of them happen to be white, heterosexual, and likeable, which a sizeable portion of the predominantly black (and significantly lesbian) player base clearly finds problematic. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those hoping that the same WNBA <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/05\/lebronya-james-to-dominate-womens-league-where-women-wont-accept-what-a-woman-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">infatuated<\/a> with allowing men to dominate girls\u2019 sports will tackle this problem head-on shouldn\u2019t hold their breath. Heck, not even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/fever-coach-stephanie-white-defends-dijonai-carrington-flagrant-foul-ejection-player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cunningham\u2019s coach<\/a> would fully back her against Carrington\u2019s appalling hit. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"vJyqCieAr9nbKcouBONYs\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The WNBA still hasn&#39;t suspended Chicago Sky G DiJonai Carrington for her flagrant foul on Sophie Cunningham &#038; claiming the Indiana Fever has &#8220;White Privilege&#8221;\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I guess the league is too busy trying to figure out what a woman is. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oOUdsGhYMQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/oOUdsGhYMQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNGDan4IBp\">pic.twitter.com\/fNGDan4IBp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonnyRoot_\/status\/2086845312455622773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the WNBA certainly deserves criticism for its inaction, the ultimate enabler of this nonsense is none other than the NBA. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike its male counterpart, the WNBA is incapable of existing on its own. As The Federalist previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/22\/if-wnba-players-want-to-talk-money-they-owe-their-male-counterparts-millions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">observed<\/a>, \u201cSome <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/18\/sports\/wnba-will-lose-40-million-this-season-with-nba-investors-growing-impatient\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimates<\/a> place NBA ownership of the women\u2019s league at roughly 60 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That financial support isn\u2019t a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >great money-making venture<\/a>, either. The New York Post reported in October 2024 that the WNBA <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/18\/sports\/wnba-will-lose-40-million-this-season-with-nba-investors-growing-impatient\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost $40 million<\/a> in its 2024 season, continuing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/wnba-report-50-million-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trend<\/a> of losing millions each year since the female league\u2019s inception. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given its share of WNBA ownership, the NBA wields a great deal of influence over its less-successful female counterpart. And yet, there\u2019s little to indicate that the NBA has done anything worthwhile to push the WNBA into ensuring Cunningham\u2019s and Clark\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/03\/nba-doubles-down-on-woke-by-punishing-jaden-ivey-for-his-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBA Doubles Down On Woke By Punishing Jaden Ivey For His Christianity<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no reason for the NBA to keep bankrolling the WNBA when it serves as nothing more than a protectorate for angry, race-obsessed lesbians who jealously attack their fellow players who are white for the crime of being successful and likeable. To keep the Benjamins flowing with zero demands for reform is to enable this garbage to its fullest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. 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