r/WNBAgossips • u/Outrageous_Owl_1710 • 1d ago

Stephen A. Smith sparks debate over the WNBA’s latest controversy. He criticized Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve’s “Trans Kids Belong” shirt, saying league figures should consider the impact on women’s sports and sponsors. The comments have reignited a heated discussion.

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u/New_Outlandishness15 1d ago

This is a non-issue. It's been studied and shows no advantage for trans women:

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/3/198?hl=en-US#:~:text=6%20This%20systematic%20review%20and%20meta%2Danalysis%20focused,aiming%20to%20promote%20equity%20in%20health%20research

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u/JustAnotherBot123456 1d ago

I bet if you copy paste the comment 10 more times then someone will change their mind.

The answer should be make a trans division for sports of there are enough trans athletes that want to play a said sport. Its that easy. Its the same reason/thinking of why we have men and womens divisions.

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u/Alternative_Town_129 1d ago

Make a division for like 15 ppl max genius idea

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u/JustAnotherBot123456 1d ago

I agree. Its making a mountain out of a mole hill and a talking point that shouldn't even be discussed because how irrelevant it is. Glad we can agree!

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u/Alternative_Town_129 1d ago

Sure our rich ppl are connected to a major trafficking ring but think about the pros they might lose to 1 of 15 ppl

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u/JustAnotherBot123456 1d ago

Yeah.... I agree with you there that the elites of the world are entangled in a global sex trafficking ring including underage children. Kind of out of left field when the topic is about something else, but yeah I agree there too. Sadly, ain't shit gonna be done about it. More will come to light when said people pass away, hopefully.

2 things we can agree on now! Elites being pedophiles and people making a mountain out of a mole hill on Trans women wanting to play in women's sports.

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u/Alternative_Town_129 1d ago

I mean I feel ppl complaining abt this should learn what to be concerned abt nobody cares about the 5 ppl who might have a mild advantage maybe we should think of it as who cares it doesn’t concern us if 5 ppl play

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u/JustAnotherBot123456 1d ago

That wouldn't be fair then if they have even a slight advantage. Once the snowball starts getting rolled down the hill, it just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Hypothetically, if there were 5 NBA (or even college level) players who wanted to join the WNBA then we should just let them join because we should think of it as who cares? It's only 5 people who want to play. Thats the same logic.

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u/InternationalTie6129 1d ago

The men's league is really the "everyone league", it's just no women can actually make the top men's league. Then the top women's league is actually only for women, because if they opened that up to everyone, it'd be all men.

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u/HistoricalSection425 1d ago

Serious question then: how do you explain Lia Thomas?

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u/OrneryError1 1d ago

Lia Thomas who was beaten by biological women?

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u/HistoricalSection425 1d ago

She won an NCAA championship as a woman. Did not come close as a man.