Overview
- A fan, Julie Potter, says she paid $100 to run a scoreboard tribute at the Liberty’s August 22 game at Barclays Center and that the team altered her approved wording inside its 48-hour editing window.
- Potter says the original line thanked Jennifer Sey and promoted XX-XY Athletics and that the Liberty rewrote it to a softened version before the game, then refunded her when she objected.
- The Liberty sales team told media the venue limits messages to "positive, celebratory content," and it has defended the edit as enforcement of that rule.
- Social-media reports and a WNBA reporter noted that the Liberty ran three pro-trans messages during the same halftime break, an inconsistency critics cite when calling the edit censorship.
- The episode adds to wider league debate over transgender participation and scoreboard moderation and could prompt closer review of team and WNBA policies on fan messaging and venue enforcement.