Former NFL players call out DiJonai Carrington for blaming ejection on 'white privilege'

"This is a prime example of why we can't ever move forward as a country," former NFL player Breiden Fehoko wrote on X about Carrington's accusation."For every person who liked this bullsh*t and is encouraging this victim-a** mentality, you should be ashamed.It's honestly sad how far we've drifted as a country."For background, Carrington hard-fouled Fever forward Sophie Cunningham on Saturday on a play that more closely resembled a clothesline than a play on the ball.

Carrington left Cunningham bloodied in the mouth.She was rightfully called for a Flagrant 2 and ejected from the game.Moments later, Carrington posted "white privilege" on Threads from the locker room, as if racism was the reason for her ejection.DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky fouls Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever during the first half Aug.

8, 2026, at the United Center in Chicago, Ill.(Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)EX-ESPN HOST SAYS SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM DESERVED TO BE EJECTED AND PUNISHED — NOT DIJONAI CARRINGTON, WHO CLOTHESLINED HERFormer NFL player and podcaster Emmanuel Acho also pushed back on the claim."DiJonai Carrington posted ‘White Privilege’ from the locker room after being ejected for fouling Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham," Acho wrote on X, reacting to a screenshot of Carrington’s post.

"Judge for yourself, but color didn’t have nothing to do with the flagrant 2.IMO."He continued on his podcast:"Can we stick to basketball for a moment? She flagrantly hit Sophie Cunningham in the head ...

the refs made the right call.""Now, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention ..this was not a race-based decision.

To call that a white privilege-based foul is to completely undermine the term of white privilege and to also completely ignore the rules in basketball.You hit her in the head.

You drew blood.You didn’t connect with the ball at all whatsoever."So to me, it was just very ignorant and, to some degree, asinine by D.J.

Carrington to suggest that that call was based on...