Posted on 07/21/2026 7:46:35 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
For better or worse, we live in an increasingly short attention span world. One driven by doom scrolling, TikToks, Instagram stories and memes. So any time a cultural institution can break through the noise with an instantly recognizable, iconic image that captures the public's imagination, it needs to embrace it. Whether that be the entertainment industry, corporations, governmental agencies, name it.
It's possible the last presidential election was decided by one candidate navigating this new way of communicating better than the other. The one who performatively worked a McDonald's drive-thru and drove a garbage truck ended up sweeping the swing states and sits behind the Resolute Desk. There were other factors, but being able to nail the viral moments better than the opposition certainly made some difference.
And this goes especially for sports, college and pro. When one of the WNBA's most popular players gave the world this gem of an image, it was the stuff dreams are made of for a league that has spent the better part of three decades fighting for relevance.
Sophie Cunningham gave her sport exactly what it needed. And social media took it from there:
(Excerpt) Read more at barstoolsports.com ...
Sophie should find something else to do. Let the WNBA die on the vine.
Becasue she’s white.
You have to realize the WNBA is a charity not a business. The mission of the charity is to allow girls to be paid to play basketball. Whether or not the product is good or makes money is irrelevant to the league. Without market forces driving their decisions they are free to act upon their bigotries and prejudices.
The WNBA won’t allow licensing of the image?
Well, that’s understandable. Caitlin Clark is bad enough. Can’t have a second white girl making money.
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too bad they’re no still in college where they could monetize their Name, Image, Likeness (NIL)
I’ve read the ban only applies to which reference the team, union or league. Things like the items in post 3 and 4 are presumably fine. She’ll do ok, not that she hasn’t already.
Chuck Conningham, who went upstairs with his basketball on Happy Days and was never seen or mentioned again.
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