The more Sophie Cunningham thinks about it, the more the Indiana Fever guard realizes that she should replace Cathy Engelbert as the WNBA’s next commissioner in 2027.<\/p>\n
That’s according to Cunningham herself, speaking Thursday on her rebooted podcast, now known as “No Hesitation.”<\/p>\n
“The more I think about it, the more I should be the commissioner,” Cunningham told her new co-host Drew Hanlen. “I think I could get this s— on the right track.”<\/p>\n
MORE:\u00a0Why fans think Sophie Cunningham shredded Caitlin Clark on her new podcast<\/a><\/p>\n Cunningham’s contentious relationship with Engelbert and the league office is well known.<\/p>\n Last month<\/a>, Cunningham took a dig at Engelbert when she told USA Today Sports that the WNBA needed a leader “who is bold, who is confident, who wants the best for the players and not maybe for themselves all the time.”<\/p>\n Cunningham also was vocal during the tense CBA negotiations last year, which resulted in historic salary increases for players and turned up the temperature on Engelbert<\/a> — who last week announced her intention to retire after the 2026 season.<\/p>\n “Honestly, the more I think about it, I think I should be the commissioner. I could get this sh-t on the right track!” – Sophie Cunningham on if she was WNBA commish \ud83d\ude02 \ud83d\udea8 FIRST EPISODE OF NO HESITATION WITH SOPHIE + DREW HANLEN IS LIVE EVERYWHERE \ud83d\udea8 pic.twitter.com\/mPpItDlFVD<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 No Hesitation Show (@NoHesiShow) September 10, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n To be clear, Cunningham will not be the WNBA’s next commissioner. But the first action item she wants Engelbert’s replacement to address is to standardize top-class practice facilities around the league.<\/p>\n Though she didn’t directly name them, Cunningham cited the Connecticut Sun — who are set to move to Texas next year and become the second iteration of the Houston Comets — as an example of a franchise that needs a dedicated, state-of-the-art facility befitting the WNBA’s status as “the best league in the entire world.”<\/p>\n “The Fever is about to get the nicest facility you can get next year,” Cunningham said of Indiana’s upcoming $78 million practice center.<\/a>\u00a0“The tides are turning, but I will say there are a lot of owners who are still being very cheap and not giving us (as) professional athletes what we need.”<\/p>\n More WNBA news:<\/p>\n