Indiana Fever coach says she's not educated enough to know if men should play in women's sports

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It's 2026. Trump is president. We don't have to do this anymore.

Apparently that memo has not made it to most of the WNBA.

Since one player, Sophie Cunningham, stated her opinion that men don't belong in women's sports, that's all that anyone in that league is asked about anymore. And pretty much everyone not named Sophie is failing the test.

Here's Cunningham's coach:

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I don't know if I would say that I'm educated enough from a scientific standpoint. I just don't ever believe that exclusion is an answer. I just don't ...

I know growing up I played with the boys all the time.

What are we doing here, man?

She played backyard ball with the boys, therefore men can play in the WNBA???

She went with the "I'm not a biologist" line too, because if it's good enough for the Supreme Court it ought to work for the basketball court, right?

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The exclusion line was particularly insane, as Riley Gaines explains:

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If she doesn't believe in exclusion, what's the point of the WNBA? These gals should all be playing in the NBA, right?

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How can anyone keep a straight face and say such nonsense?

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