The incidents have been widely condemned as both dangerous and misogynistic by players, coaches, and the league, which has since implemented penalties including immediate ejection, a minimum one-year ban, and possible felony charges for offenders.
"It's super disrespectful," said Chicago Sky player Elizabeth Williams. "The sexualization of women is what's used to hold women down, and this is no different," stated coach Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx. "The intent is to sexualize and demean the women players because they are women," wrote Glamour.
"This is empowering to every fucking crypto community to start thinking outside the box. Get creative and fucking do something that makes people actually laugh," said a member of the memecoin community, cheering the incidents for their virality and the subsequent impact on the coin price. The meme was even amplified by Donald Trump Jr., who posted to Instagram a photoshopped image of President Trump dropping one of the green sex toys off the roof of the White House and onto a group of women playing basketball below.
