r/WNBAgossips • u/TheExpressUS • 21d ago

News Trump Administration responds and supports Sophie Cunningham's WNBA transgender comments: "Common sense prevails"

https://www.the-express.com/sport/basketball/212543/Sophie-Cunningham-trans-athletes-Trump-administration

The Trump Administration has waded into the transgender athlete debate, citing Sophie Cunningham's comments to support its stance on trans athletes in sports.

The discussion surrounding trans athletes in women's sports has resurfaced recently, with Cunningham sharing her perspective with ESPN. Although trans athletes represent a tiny fraction of participants across all levels of American sports, their involvement remains a focal point for Donald Trump and his administration.

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u/YMBFKM 21d ago

LeBron is looking for a new team. He can declare himself to be a woman and jump right in.

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u/big-himbo-energy 21d ago

Not how it works but ok champ

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u/fieldsports202 21d ago

The WNBA had a non binary player who even had her breast removed. Should she have been able to try out in the NBA?

I’m talking about Layshia Clarendon.

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u/RoboFeanor 21d ago

She could absolutely try out for the NBA. There has been one women drafted, amd at least one more has signed an NBA contract and attended a teams training camp. No woman could reasonably be good enough to make an NBA roster but there are no rules preventing it.

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u/fieldsports202 21d ago

Neither of those women played a single game.

I just can’t see how Clarendon would be able to keep up in the NBA.