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Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham could already be setting herself up for post-WNBA life with her upcoming plan over controversial comments.
Cunningham has been in the middle of a WNBA media firestorm over her beliefs against trans athletes competing in women’s sports.
With large chunks of support and equal chunks of backlash, Cunningham might be setting up plans to tell her story on a personal platform.
Sophie Cunningham reportedly looking to get a book deal to tell her story
Page Six Hollywood is reporting that Cunningham is shopping a potential book to publishers and could find her story in the middle of a bidding war, especially with the attention this debate has received.
“Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham is shopping a book, publishing sources exclusively tell Page Six Hollywood. The 6-foot-1 guard — who has 3.7 million followers on Instagram — could find herself at the center of a bidding war, we hear, with the timely tome.”
Cunningham has publicly said she wants to move on from this situation and focus on basketball for the rest of the season, as the Fever are in the business end of the regular season and have legitimate title hopes to execute in the Playoffs.
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With her popularity and the attention the trans athletes debate has gotten since her public comments on ESPN in July, there will be a lot of demand from readers to find out her story.
Sophie Cunningham is setting herself up for post-WNBA life
Cunningham is on a $665,000 contract with the Fever, re-signing with the franchise on a one-year deal last offseason.
The 29-year-old is in the prime of her career, but needs to start sowing seeds for her post-WNBA career.
She’s averaged 8.9 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists this season and is a solidified role player for the Fever, who are led by Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell.
With the WNBA expanding and more roster spots opening up, she should enjoy many more years in the league, based on popularity alone, even if her skills decline with age.
But a book deal and future commercial opportunities leveraging her personal platform could open up pathways to millions for Cunningham, much greater than the $1.3 million she’s made in lifetime WNBA earnings.
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