{"id":257101,"date":"2026-08-10T22:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/darren-carrington-really-raised-a-piece-of-crap-nfl-fans-react-as-dijonai-carringtons-fathers-career-gets-dragged-in-wnba-controversy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:57:32","slug":"darren-carrington-really-raised-a-piece-of-crap-nfl-fans-react-as-dijonai-carringtons-fathers-career-gets-dragged-in-wnba-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/darren-carrington-really-raised-a-piece-of-crap-nfl-fans-react-as-dijonai-carringtons-fathers-career-gets-dragged-in-wnba-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Darren Carrington really raised a piece of crap&#8221;: NFL fans react as DiJonai Carrington&#8217;s father&#8217;s career gets dragged in WNBA controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5202914\" data-slug-id=\"2820550\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington grabbed headlines following her hard foul on Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham on Saturday. She was ejected for her Flagrant 2 foul on Cunningham.<\/p>\n<p>However, Carrington didn&#8217;t agree with the punishment and lashed out on social media with a &#8220;White privilege&#8221; remark for Cunningham. In the wake of her controversial remark, a social media account, &#8216;Andy froemel&#8217; dragged her father Darren Carrington&#8217;s career in the controversy.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"template__newsletter-inline-banner-form-combo-widget\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p><img id=\"subscribe-img\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nThanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p><template id=\"bets-today-poll\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"preview-card-holder bets-today-poll\">\n<p><span class=\"date\"\/> \u2022 <span class=\"time\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/super-bowl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">NFL<\/a> fans reacted to the former Denver Broncos safety being dragged into the controversy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-tagline top\" data-tab=\"top\">\n<p>Looking to predict NFL playoff Scenarios? Try our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/nfl-playoff-predictor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\" class=\"bottom_tagline_link\" data-tab=\"top\">NFL Playoff Predictor<\/a> for real-time simulations and stay ahead of the game!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Wow Darren Carrington really raised a piece of crap, it shows there\u2019s more money than brains in that family.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"profile-card\">\n<p><span><span>Wow Darren Carrington really raised a piece of crap, it shows there\u2019s more money than brains in that family<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;She\u2019s had privileges most people haven\u2019t! It\u2019s a shame she\u2019s has an attitude and is just throwing away her career away for negativity!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"profile-card\">\n<p><span><span>She\u2019s had privileges most people haven\u2019t! It\u2019s a shame she\u2019s has an attitude and is just throwing away her career away for negativity!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Poor little rich girl! &#8221; she was born on third base and thought she hit a triple!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"profile-card\">\n<p><span><span>&#8220;Poor little rich girl! &#8221; she was born on third base and thought she hit a triple!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Of course. An entitled and spoiled brat thinking she is the victim and that the world owes her.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"profile-card\">\n<p><span><span>Of course. An entitled and spoiled brat thinking she is the victim and that the world owes her<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am sure her parents are humiliated now. How disappointed they must be.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"profile-card\">\n<p><span><span>I am sure her parents are humiliated now. How disappointed they must be.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Darren played in two Super Bowls during his eight-year NFL career, DiJonai&#8217;s mother, Vickie, was a star track athlete. Following his retirement, Darren became a marriage and parenting pastor for the Rock Church.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/news-shawty-might-playing-season-lesean-mccoy-labels-caitlin-clark-baby-jesus-prove-dijonai-carrington-wrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">\u201cShawty might not be playing this season\u201d: LeSean McCoy labels Caitlin Clark \u201cBaby Jesus\u201d to prove DiJonai Carrington wrong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/news-even-malcolm-x-really-argue-that-lesean-mccoy-claims-dijonai-carrington-should-kicked-out-claiming-white-privilege\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">&#8220;Even Malcolm X can&#8217;t really argue that&#8221;: LeSean McCoy claims DiJonai Carrington &#8220;should be kicked out&#8221; for claiming &#8220;White Privilege&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho dismissed DiJonai Carrington&#8217;s &#8220;white privilege&#8221; remark<\/h2>\n<p>Former NFL star Emmanuel Acho Emmanuel Acho called out the Sky star for her social media antics on the &#8220;Speakeasy&#8221; podcast. Acho dismissed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/dijonai-carrington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">DiJonai Carrington<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;white privilege&#8221; remark by justifying the punishment for her foul.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It was not a race-based decision,&#8221; Acho said. &#8220;And to call that a white privilege-based foul is to completely undermine the term &#8216;white privilege&#8217; and to also completely ignore the rules in basketball. You hit her in the head. You drew blood. You didn&#8217;t connect with the ball at all whatsoever.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;So to me, it was just very ignorant and, to some degree, asinine by D.J. 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