Sophie Cunningham bluntly refused to give a prediction for the upcoming WNBA Finals between the Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury. Sophie Cunningham weighs in on WNBA's officiating issuesOfficiating in the WNBA has been a hot topic since the league entered the postseason. She suggested that league referees should be given a higher pay. "I think we just continue to have these conversations of how do we improve the officiating," Cunningham said. Wilson said that's a problem, as there are different ways of officiating games at different levels.