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Florida Attorney General Sends 'Warning' to Entire WNBA
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The attorney general in the state of Florida is officially "warning" the entire WNBA.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier took to X, formerly known as Twitter, following the hard foul on Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham on Saturday. Cunningham was hit with a brutal blow to the neck by Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington, who was hit with a Flagrant 2 and ejected.

Uthmeier is warning the WNBA: Don't play games in Florida.

"The WNBA knows better than to play games down here in Florida, because I’ll be charging people with assault," he warned.

The WNBA does not currently have a team in Florida.

Cunningham, Indiana Fever speak out after Saturday's hard foul

Carrington declined comment, while Cunningham spoke out.

"Clearly, I think it was like unnecessary," Cunningham said after the game. "I've never really spoken to her and have no beef with her, but I guess she has some pent-up stuff. So, get your (expletive) off. That's fine. I can take it."

Carrington accused the WNBA of "white privilege."

"I think the league is taking care of that," Cunningham said. "This has nothing to do with race. Last year, I did the same thing and I got kicked out. And I deserved to be kicked out. There's no reason even to play that card."

White, meanwhile, agreed with the call.

"Look, it was a hard foul," White said. "It did happen, and I thought it was the right call. One of the things about [Carrington] is that she's going to play her butt off, man. She's going to compete. Nobody's going to go walking in for a layup. I don't oppose the hard foul, but I also don't think that she intentionally went for the neck."

Cunningham, meanwhile, is getting used to this.

"Another day, another dollar," Cunningham said with a smile. "Welcome to my life, boys and girls.

"I wasn't even upset. I mean, I popped up. I'm not going to let anyone just do that to me. I think everyone knows that. I think that's why she did it because she wants attention. I mean, (expletive), like, people have started craving attention. Like go get it somewhere else. Go do something good in the world, I don't know."

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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