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Indiana fever star Caitlin Clark Emphasize the need for “great leadership” in the midst of the controversy that has wrapped the WNBA after the alleged comments made by Commissioner Cathy Engelbert.
Meanwhile, his teammate Sophie Cunningham doubled her condemnation of Engelbert, saying that the League is “failing” its players.
Caitlin Clark poses with the WNBA Cathy Engelbert commissioner after it is selected as the general selection number 1 by the Indiana fever in the 2024 WNBA draft in Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York, on April 15, 2024. (Brad Penner/USA Today Sports)
Both Fever stars He addressed the situation during his departure interviews on Thursday.
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Clark, who lost most of his second year campaign due to an injury to the groin and ankle, said he was not aware of the comments that Engelbert supposedly made during a conversation with Minnesota Lynx Star Napheesa Collier And he has not talked to the commissioner since then.
Collier said during his departure interview on Tuesday that Engelbert made condescending comments about the players’ concerns, including the offense and compensation. Regarding the injuries of the players like Clark’s, Collier said that Engelbert said that “Caitlin should be grateful to win $ 16 million outside the court, because without the platform that the WNBA gives it, it would do nothing.”
“I have great respect for Phee and I think she made many very valid points, and I think what people need to understand [is that] We need great leadership at this time at all levels, “Clark said in response.
Sophie Cunningham (8) and Caitlin Clark (22) of the Indiana joy candle from the Bank against the Chicago sky at United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on June 7, 2025. (Daniel Bartel/Getty images)
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“This is, directly, the most important moment in the history of this league,” he continued. “This is a time when we have to capitalize.”
Clark was asked how good leadership seemed to
“I think for me, and I have said this many times, it’s about relationships and that is the truth. And I know it is really difficult to say in professional sports. But it is a relationship with his main office, be it a relationship with the league commissioner, be it his relationship with his teammates, that is the most important thing in leadership.”
Cunningham, on the other hand, spoke more directly about the situation.
“I am tired of our league. They need to step forward and be better. Our leadership from top to bottom must be responsible. I think there are many people in power positions in the WNBA, who could be great entrepreneurs, but they do not know about basketball, and that is possible to change.”
Sophie Cunningham #8 of Indiana Fover observes during the first half of a game against Los Angeles Sparks at Crypto.com Arena on August 5, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Be M. Haffey/Getty Images)
The first Phoenix Mercury Star, who joined the fever during the low season, focused mainly on officiating last season.
“The game is not fun to see because everyone is just trying to kill each other because that’s how you will survive, otherwise they injure you.”
Cunningham continued to say that leadership in the WNBA He is “failing.”
“It is not really a fan of our leadership in the W. I think they are failing us as a league. We definitely fail as players. Everything Phee said, we all feel like that and we are all going to support it, and I think it is quite strong of it.”
Cunningham took Engelbert another opportunity when he was specifically asked about his supposed comments about Clark.
“I think it’s quite shameful that she always does it about her, Cathy, when she shouldn’t have anything to do with her.”
The Association of Players and the WNBA agreed an eight -year agreement in 2020, but last year the WNBPA voted to choose not to participate in the early agreement. The current agreement must expire on October 31.
