DiJonai Carrington’s actions on social media after she was ejected from the WNBA game against the Indiana Fever on August 8 have now become a bigger story than the foul itself. Several sports personalities have weighed in on whether Carrington was right to make the post after the incident involving Sophie Cunningham.
Now, a sports analyst has joined the discussion and questioned why the WNBA has not taken action against Carrington.
Robin Lundberg’s Comment Regarding DiJonai Carrington’s Actions
On August 11, The Athletic reported on X that Carrington had finally addressed the backlash.
According to her, the “white privilege” comment had nothing to do with the flagrant foul call itself. Instead, she said she was pointing at what she called a lack of “consistency across the board” when it comes to how officials hand out discipline in the league.
That explanation didn’t sit well with everyone, though. A few hours after The Athletic’s post went up, analyst Robin Lundberg reshared it and used the moment to call out the WNBA directly.
“Yes, there definitely is a lack of consistency given no action on DiJonai’s social media post compared to suspension for Sandy Brondello,” Lundberg wrote on X.
Yes there definitely is a lack of consistency given no action on DiJonai’s social media post compared to suspension for Sandy Brondello. https://t.co/I3TMMYUcI3
— Robin Lundberg (@robinlundberg) August 11, 2026
Lundberg actually pointed to the incident when Toronto Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello was suspended for one game without pay by the WNBA on July 18, 2026. That punishment came after Brondello was picked up on broadcast audio referring to Atlanta Dream star Angel Reese as a “protected species” while arguing with referees during a game.
For Lundberg, the Brondello case set an example that the league should be following now. If comments like that were serious enough to draw a suspension, he reasoned, then Carrington’s “white privilege” post deserves nothing less than the same kind of discipline.
The Cunningham-Carrington controversy initially started during the first quarter of the Chicago Sky’s game against the Fever on August 8.
Cunningham was running out on a fast break and went up for a layup when Carrington’s arm made contact with her around the neck and face. The Fever guard fell to the floor but quickly got back up.
The officials initially called a foul on Carrington, but after reviewing the contact, they upgraded the foul to a Flagrant 2, which resulted in the Sky forward being ejected from the game.
Lundberg isn’t the only media voice who’s jumped into this. Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason brought it up on a recent episode of “Boomer & Gio” on WFAN. He stated that Carrington’s action was a result of real animosity toward Cunningham.
With multiple respected voices in sports media now questioning both the foul and the fallout from Carrington’s post, the pressure on the WNBA to say something publicly is only growing.
