{"id":362471,"date":"2025-12-22T21:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/362471\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:19:08","slug":"wnba-star-sophie-cunningham-responds-to-question-about-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/362471\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Responds to Question About On&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/wnba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WNBA<\/a> guard Sophie Cunningham has gone viral after a candid, off-the-cuff exchange about her financial future sparked conversation well beyond basketball. <\/p>\n<p>During a recent appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@sundaeconversation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sundae Conversation with Caleb Pressley<\/a> on Sunday, December 21, Cunningham addressed free agency, league pay, and a hypothetical backup plan, including a brief but pointed mention of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/onlyfans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OnlyFans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The moment came when host Caleb Pressley asked Cunningham about her current situation in the WNBA. <\/p>\n<p>Cunningham, now a free agent, didn\u2019t sugarcoat the reality of league salaries. When asked if she was getting paid, she replied plainly, \u201cYou know, barely, but we\u2019re still surviving.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>From there, Pressley floated the idea of a \u201cPlan B\u201d if things didn\u2019t work out professionally.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham quickly reframed the idea, correcting him with a smile: \u201cNot Plan B. Project B.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The phrasing alone lit up social media, but the conversation didn\u2019t stop there. When Pressley jokingly asked whether her hypothetical backup plan involved foreign investment, Cunningham shut that down just as quickly. \u201cNo Saudi money involved,\u201d she said, adding that she didn\u2019t think Saudi Arabia was interested in paying women athletes millions.<\/p>\n<p>Pressley then raised the possibility of Cunningham making money independently through OnlyFans, a platform increasingly discussed by athletes and creators alike. <\/p>\n<p>Cunningham didn\u2019t dismiss the idea outright, but she emphasized the role professional leagues play in building visibility. \u201cNo, I think you do need the leagues,\u201d she said, explaining that organized sports provide the fan base and exposure that make individual platforms viable in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Cunningham acknowledged the power of direct-to-consumer platforms. \u201cOnlyFans can be a platform in themselves,\u201d she noted, before adding, \u201cMaybe Project B should support that platform.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>While Cunningham didn\u2019t announce any concrete plans to launch an OnlyFans account, her remarks struck a chord amid debates about WNBA pay, athlete branding, and financial sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNBA guard Sophie Cunningham has gone viral after a candid, off-the-cuff exchange about her financial future sparked conversation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-362471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}