New York Liberty Refunds $100 Scoreboard Message After Altering XX-XY Athletics Tribute
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 22
New York Liberty Refunds $100 Scoreboard Message After Altering XX-XY Athletics Tribute
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 22
Summary
Julie Potter said the Liberty refunded her $100 after trying to rewrite a halftime scoreboard message she bought for Saturday’s game against Indiana, changing her original thank-you to Jennifer Sey and XX-XY Athletics.
The team told Potter its scoreboard messages must remain “positive, celebratory content,” but she said the original wording had already been approved and that the Liberty never identified which words violated policy.
Potter said she spent more than $2,000 on 25 tickets for a group supporting Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, then accused the Liberty of censorship and said she would stop buying the team’s tickets.
The dispute lands amid wider WNBA tensions over fan expression around transgender-athlete debates, after recent incidents in Seattle and Atlanta involving Cunningham supporters and XX-XY Athletics apparel.