American author Chuck Klosterman predicted on a recent "Bill Simmons Podcast" appearance that in 20 or so years, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham will be the Vice President of the United States.
“Sophie Cunningham … I’m going to say 2050, is going to be Vice President of the United States,” Klosterman said on the latest episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast. “I don’t know what party she’ll be in, I don’t know anything about her political views. But she will be the vice presidential candidate, at least the candidate.”
“I don’t know what it is. It’s something about the fact that she wears those sleeves on the court, something about the way she triggers in-bound plays at the end of games, makes me think she will be someone’s ideal vice president. You know, she has a damn likable personality.”
It's a wild prediction, of course, but it's not that out of bounds. Cunningham has quickly become one of the most popular female athletes in the country.
She plays alongside Caitlin Clark in Indianapolis. She's blonde (let's be honest, that helps). And she has a popular podcast with reality TV star West Wilson.
But why is she really liked?
Argument made that she's the 'opposite' of most WNBA players
Fox News claims that Cunningham is liked by most because she's the "opposite" of many WNBA players today.
"It quickly became clear that many WNBA players were deeply unlikeable. They came across as catty, bitter and racially charged. The same players driving fists and nails into Clark's body would often claim victimhood days later. The more attention Clark brought to the league, the more many of its players tarnished their own public image. Then there was Sophie Cunningham," Fox News argues.
"In a league full of mean girls and self-appointed victims, Cunningham comes across as the girl next door who also happens to have a black belt in Taekwondo. She looks like a supermodel, but also the person you'd want standing next to you if things went sideways."
Cunningham doesn't shy away from giving her opinions, that's clear.
"It literally (expletive) me off when people are like, 'She's not the face of the league.' Who would be?" Cunningham said of her teammate, Caitlin Clark.
"When people try to argue that she's not the face of our league or that our league would be where we're at without her, you're dumb as (expletive)."
Cunningham is here to stay, that's clear.
