WEBVTT - The WNBA! They’ve finally got our attention 0:00:01.080 --> 0:00:05.120 And with the number one selection in the WNBA Draft 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:11.799 twenty twenty seven, the Minnesota Links select Julie Tatar and 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:17.160 the second pick, the Chicago Sky pick Ennis Canter Freedom. 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:21.120 What the hell is going on with the WNBA? Look 0:00:21.360 --> 0:00:25.760 at the chaos, the brawling. Oh my god, it's all 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:31.680 so Frankly, it's brilliant. We'll get into that and the 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:35.960 latest with Amy Griffin. It is Hot Mike's with Billy 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:37.360 Bush and away we go. 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:43.200 Here doing me right, might Shark. 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:53.400 That's the same, like another compliment there the NBA. Hello, Hello, 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:55.720 my friends, and welcome to Hot Mikes. Thanks for being 0:00:55.720 --> 0:01:00.320 with us. Please hit subscribe, hit the notification bell. We'd 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.120 like to have you with us. Boy, we got a 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:05.280 busy day here today. Uh, what is going on with 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:09.840 the WNBA. It's like it is it just my algorithm? 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:15.720 Or has it totally like infested yours? It's everything the 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:20.280 NBA has always wanted, Right, They're about to be thirty 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:24.600 years old as a league, and finally everybody's talking about 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:29.040 the w everybody's watching the WNBA. It's incredible, and they're 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:31.920 not talking about the skill level or you know, who 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:36.000 beat whom, or what it's all about. The chaos. It's 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:42.360 all about the side show and bonjour, Julie Tetar. Can 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:46.360 you believe, Julie Tetara, This is the only person the 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:51.160 debate of transgender women playing in the WNBA, playing professional 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:56.080 women's basketball. This is the only person whom the conversation 0:01:56.400 --> 0:02:00.240 really affects. Right, the sideshow guys like enniscanter Freedom and 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.680 Royce Wilson or White whatever the hell his name is, 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:06.480 trying to get into the league, you know, after having 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:10.160 marginal NBA careers, you know, jumping in as a women's player. 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.720 These guys are opportunists, their side show, they're looking for 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:19.120 something to do. But Julie Teta would a French professional 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:23.639 player would of course, the French have you know, transgender men, 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:29.480 women whatever playing women's basketball. But maybe Julie would come 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:33.120 over and play here. But it probably only affects Julie. 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:36.359 But it's a great hot button issue, something that the 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:40.680 the woke left puts out there as a litmus test, 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.680 and now every coach and every player has to speak 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.000 about it. They have to give their opinion about it, 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:50.120 and basically they have to survive their opinion going public 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:56.000 before they get you know, called for cancelation. So, yeah, 0:02:56.080 --> 0:03:00.480 all this drama in the WNBA, it's about racial tensions, sism, 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:04.120 it's about bias and white privilege and all these things 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:08.280 and at the courts biological men in the w NBA. 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:12.840 It's a great debate. I mean, it's like it's gathering 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:17.840 so much attention. Commissioner Kathy Engelbert of the WNBA is 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:23.000 voicing an official position after a task force of presidents 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:29.480 and gms of different teams convene this week. Okay, and 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:33.600 of course these bozos who've announced for the draft cannot 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:38.600 be taken seriously. There's irony in here, too beautiful irony. 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:44.560 There are cries of sexism, as some female coaches are 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:49.720 pissed off that there are too many male coaches in 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:53.400 the WNBA. Should be more women on the bench than men. 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:57.720 Wait a minute, what coach, you don't want men in 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:02.640 the league? Little duplicitous. I think that's kind of what 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:06.200 we're talking about on the court here. The level of 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:12.600 play in WNBA is obviously vastly inferior to the NBA. 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:18.000 So all this debate and this discord, is it unfortunate? 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:21.360 Do we blame the patriarchy? Why? Why is this happening. 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:24.920 I'll tell you, the whole league seems to have been 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:30.560 bravatized like the Real Housewives of the WNBA. It's basket 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:34.920 brawl in full hair and makeup. It reminds me of 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:37.240 Roller Derby. When I was a kid. I used to 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:40.440 watch these women just careening around the corner and just 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:44.080 taking each other out. It was fascinating. You can't take 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:46.360 your eyes off it. And that seems to be what's 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:50.480 going on in the WNBA. But what matters here? You know, 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:55.400 it's entertainment, isn't it. But it seems to be like 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:58.119 a little WWE and it seems to be a little 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:04.560 Roller Derby, and of course built around basketball as a game, 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:07.720 but all these side shows and antics and fights and 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:14.000 cat fights and you know, her versus her, you know, 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:18.279 it seems to me that it's kind of the main attraction. 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:22.760 Now the WNBA has a second star. It was Caitlin 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:28.160 Clark alone, and now Sophie Cunningham is in there. The 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:36.440 tall blonde. She is absolutely gorgeous. She's hot, blonde, mouthy, feisty, tailor, 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:39.039 made for social media. She is if the Real house 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:41.839 was the NBA was a thing. She's the Bethany Frankel. 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:44.720 You know, she's got a big mouth, and she's good looking, 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:52.960 and she's absolutely entertaining. She got mauled in a game 0:05:53.120 --> 0:06:00.560 against Djona Carrington, who plays for the Chicago Sky got 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:04.440 ejected for what would be called assault and battery if 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:06.920 it were to happen on the streets somewhere. And by 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:11.360 the way, apparently Florida. This is extended that the Attorney 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:15.479 General of Florida has commented on this. The WNBA knows 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.119 better than to play games down here in Florida because 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:21.679 I'll be charging people with assault. What are you doing 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:26.960 commenting on the WNBA, sir, go back to work, James Ofthmeyer, 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:33.119 Attorney General of Florida. This isn't even a Florida team. 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:35.960 We're talking about Indiana versus Chicago. Leave it to the 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:40.520 Midwest here, by the way, He then came back and 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:43.440 corrected himself, as I should clarify assault and battery, he said, 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:48.440 the referee crew chief for this game where the drama 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:53.440 was was male and white like Sophie, So of course 0:06:53.560 --> 0:07:00.640 d Jena, after getting ejected from the game, cries white privilege, girl. Please. 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:05.920 Djona loves beef as much as her thighs on Instagram. 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:11.120 She is a tremendous self promoter. She's you know, she 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:16.520 has a history with the white male for now referee 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:21.520 Roy Gulbaien. She posted in twenty twenty five after he 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:24.920 ejected her, oh after sorry, he called security because she 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:28.440 was going after him after the clock when the game 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:31.200 had ended. He called security on her and she posted 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:38.200 hashtag micro aggression. Amazingly in this situation, when the altercation 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:44.640 occurs between Sophie Cunningham and Djona Carrington, Djona gets goes 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:46.840 back to the locker room, and two minutes before the 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:50.360 game end, with two minutes left to play, she tweets 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:54.920 the white privilege. The game is still going on, but 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:57.239 she has the fortitude to go out and hit Twitter 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:03.520 and post that it's brilliant. It gets people engaged. But 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:07.520 the idea that white players get special treatment in the WNBA, 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:13.040 do you buy that it's three to one black players 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:16.320 to white players, so I imagine that you know that 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:19.640 would be outrageous. I don't think that's the case. I 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:23.320 think it's undisputable that Caitlin Clark is head and shoulders, 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:25.960 the best athlete on the court, the best player on 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.440 the court, and the best player was Michael Jordan and 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:32.079 w in NBA and Lebron and they get all the 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:35.000 attention in the world because they are the best, not 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:41.000 because they're the black best. Sophie Cunningham has three point 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:45.400 six million Instagram followers. Djna now has five hundred and 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:49.079 forty nine thousand. Picking a fight with Sophie Cunningham is 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:52.959 a brilliant move for Djna Carrington, who, by the way, 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:59.559 also gorgeous, a gorgeous blod, totally stunning. These two are 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:05.800 right now, what's drawing in a lot of people? Does 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:13.760 white chick drama sell more than I don't know, white 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:18.000 and black or black and black? Does it? I don't know. 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:22.800 I'm new to This doesn't seem like it to me. 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:28.959 Caitlin Collins, the star of the WNBA, just got a 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:33.480 ridiculous call against her overturned. Is that privilege or is 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:38.040 that just because the call was absolutely horrible they had 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:40.040 to overturn it or it would have been you know, 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:42.400 there would have been calls of racism the other way. 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:47.080 It was a black baseline judge who made the call 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.839 of a technical foul because she went up for a 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:55.199 layup and then like literally the ref was underneath the rim. 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:58.960 She kind of moved out of her way and tapped 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:03.240 her as she went by, and Caitlyn knew there is 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:05.720 no way this is going to stand. This technical foul 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.079 and it was her eighth technical foul, which means she 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:09.920 had to sit out the next game. She said, this 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:13.600 will be overturned, and it was overturned, and for only 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:19.880 one reason. It's a shitty call. The Real Housewives of 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:25.200 the NBA. They need Sophie Cunningham. She's like she's tailor made. 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:27.880 She's unbelievable. Caitlyn Collins is very good, but she's not 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:31.880 She can't hold the audience enough, right, She's a little 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:35.720 boring on the drama side. Sophie Cunningham's unbelievable. How about 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:39.920 the Donald? Caroline Levitt, the Press Secretarya, for the way 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:43.280 she's asked in a press conference, hey, has Trump connected 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.360 with Sophie Cunningham because you know they're trying to of course, 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:52.120 because she speaks in one statement that's a common sense statement. 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:55.480 Trump usually sees that and says, okay, they're maga. Like 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:59.640 Spencer Pratty. Tried to make Spencer pratt his They asked 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.120 as Donald reached out to Sophie. It would be very 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:07.360 you know, Donald sk to reach out and make Sophie 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:12.240 Cunningham his put her under his tent. No hasn't happened. 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.480 And if you're Sophie Cunningham, believe me, you're sitting there 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:17.680 going please please, mister president, move on. Do other things? 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:27.400 Don't come to me. Caitlin Clark is definitely too big 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:31.160 a star to She's she's what keeps the credibility of 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.120 the w NBA as a sport. She's she's the best 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.640 player by far. She drives the ratings as far as 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:40.719 basketball goes. But Sophie Cunningham, I mean, she's like a 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.599 defender on the court. She's tough, she's great looking. She 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:47.360 is central casting here. And this all started when Sophie 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:53.520 Cunningham said one simple thing. She said to ESPN. I 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:57.199 want to protect young girls in the locker room or 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:00.920 girls in sports who shouldn't have to go up against 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:05.959 biological men. That is exhibit one. Do we have that, Harry? 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:07.120 Do we have exhibit one? 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:08.960 I think I said what I said. 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:12.640 I think it's kind of common sense, and I think 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:14.680 I'll always believe in that. I think it's really important 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:18.680 to protect children and that's little girls who are also 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:22.040 involved in that category. And so I stand on what 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:24.160 I said, and I always believe that. 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:28.679 Do you see your Yeah, who's trying to No one 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:32.640 really disagrees with this, No one serious disagrees with what 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:36.120 she's saying. But it's like this great litmus test. Like 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:38.120 I said, it just makes everybody have to come out 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:41.240 and say what you believe, or you know, see if 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:44.400 you can survive the next gotcha moment. Every coach is 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:47.280 shitting her pants when she's sitting in a press conference 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:50.960 and she's asked about this the next game after Sophie 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.560 Cunningham said this was against the Seattle Storm, and one 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.079 of the co owners, ce Les Keaton, comes out and 0:12:56.200 --> 0:13:01.120 she's berating fans outside the stadium or you know, being 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:05.960 anti trans Celess got fined by the WNBA for attacking 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.920 fans as she should. She got fined and she has 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:12.080 to serve a five game suspension home games Suspensionly can't 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:15.640 like at ten games or something. Yeah, it's not about 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:22.400 exclusion or hate. It's about fairness. There are absolutely no 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:27.360 trans men women who become men who play in the NBA. 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:30.839 That's not going to happen. And there's no chance in 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:34.720 hell any one of them would survive. But in contrast, 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.400 the NBA player with the least amount of minutes and 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:41.800 points would be an unbelievable star in the WNBA MVP 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:47.280 every year. Right, So stop like those who are trying 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:51.920 to create infighting and tear down every last wall in society. 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.760 These are the people that are actually perpetuating this debate. 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.480 I think the WNBA is you know, they're benefiting from 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:02.920 it overall. They're getting a lot of attention. But there 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.960 is this movement in our country. I can feel it, right, 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.719 and I guess you call it wokeism or whatever it is, 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:13.640 but it's people just wanting to tear down every. 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:15.280 Wall. 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.040 And I don't mean wall that means locks somebody out, 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:23.080 but every bit of structural support as a society we 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:27.280 can rely on to hold us together. Right, every statue 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:31.040 of it's the same people, a statue of a Civil 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:34.040 War general, Oh my god, they were a terrible racist 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:37.400 or something else. Tear down the statue, tear rewrite our 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:42.480 history so much shame, Like, who are these people that 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:48.040 try to do that? And it's such a small group. 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:52.200 We all know that it's a small loud group. But 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:57.400 it's effective. So Sophie Cunningham's statement in defense of girls, 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:00.800 as she said, has prompted the typical role call around 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:04.960 the league, right, the highly pressurized where do you stand? 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.560 We need to hear from you and then we'll decide 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:10.440 whether or not to run you out of business. Here 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:14.560 is coach Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx, right, she 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:21.520 came out wearing this shirt trans kids belong. Okay, that's 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:27.720 a hedge. Do trans athletes belong in your league? She 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.320 thinks that she can virtue signal here and she's been 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.640 accounted for, and then she can, you know, slide back 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:37.880 into the background. But you know, this is a woman 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:41.880 who is actively complaining to the press that men are 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:48.280 taking WNBA coaching jobs. So what about them taking you know, 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:52.920 positions in the starting lineup? Would it help if the 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:57.760 coaches wore pleated pantsuits? By the way, the Fever are 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:01.480 gonna need some dudes on their team to protect Sophie Cunningham, 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:06.520 who's getting mauled while she protects against Caitlin Clark. And 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:10.800 I mean, look at this is the foul that everybody's 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:16.400 talking about. She got absolutely banged in the face with 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:27.000 an elbow it. It's blatant no protection or backup from 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:30.160 Sophie's own coach. By the way, the Indiana Fever coach, 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:33.560 Stephanie White, she was one of the people who had 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:35.680 to take to a press conference. She was asked about 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:39.280 her feelings about the issue, and the verbal diarrhea that 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:44.080 escaped this woman's mouth is indicative of the looming fear 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:49.160 of cancelation. It's alive and well. Listen to coach White 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:50.080 here of the Fever. 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:53.040 Well that I would say that I'm educated enough from 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:56.800 a scientific standpoint, I don't ever believe that exclusion is 0:16:56.800 --> 0:16:57.160 an answer. 0:16:57.600 --> 0:16:58.120 I just don't. 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:03.240 I do think, you know, when we think about various 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:07.080 levels of sport, various governing bodies of sport, and things 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:08.840 that go into that, Like I said, I'm not I'm 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:12.560 not educated enough at the different levels. I know growing up, 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:13.640 I played with the boys. 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:17.080 All the time sports. Would you welcome a biological mail 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:17.800 in w n B A. 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:22.760 Again, It's like, I don't know when we talk about 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:25.800 biological mail and scientifically where we are. I think it's 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:28.920 a totally different scenario. You know, as I said, I'm 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:33.040 not educated enough. And in terms of trans transgender and 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:35.280 transitioning to give you. 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:37.960 Mensor. 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:40.840 I would say though that I just don't feel like 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:43.080 exclusion is an answer, and I think that we need 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:45.640 to have deeper, more layered conversations. 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:49.520 What got that off rapp right there? I think exclusions there, well, 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:55.160 I need and out. She goes, uh, yeah, that was unhewful. 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:58.920 But listen, I empathize with her because everybody's did this 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:01.080 is a litmus test. Like I said, this is just 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:05.720 about a gotcha. It's a gotcha question meant to drive 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:09.320 social media and Coach White could go up in flames. 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:11.320 I think Coach White will be coaching the next game. 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.280 That was a satisfactor. It was a terrible answer, but 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:24.359 you know, you survived. But you know, she's scared to 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:27.119 support her player in this case. I think also because 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:29.000 the woman that gave her the big elbow is a 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:31.600 black player, and she went out of her way in 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:36.520 the same press conference to to you know, compliment Dja 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.640 Carrington for her tough play. And she's a great she's 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.080 a great athlete, and but we just love you know, boy, 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:47.200 she plays hard and all this stuff. Why why it's 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:49.040 too bad you're the coach of the team. You should 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:52.879 say what the hell was that? Who's talking about Sophie Cunny. 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:58.440 Sophie Cunningham is getting hit everywhere like Caitlyn Collins. Here's 0:18:58.480 --> 0:19:03.639 another anti woke and WNBA coach, Natalie Nicassi from the 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:05.880 Golden State Valkyries. 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:10.120 Here's her all about women, little girls deserving to play, 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:11.960 and that includes trans women. 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:16.560 So I'm all about inclusivity. Ooh, there you go. She's 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:20.440 all about trans women playing in your league. Really, Natalie, 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:26.080 are you really? I hope her players like approach her 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:27.480 in the locker room and say, what are you doing? 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.920 What are you doing? Virtue signaling? Check? Look at me? 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:38.920 You're going to invite trans players again, It's not a 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:43.119 lot of people. Julie Tetar would definitely play in the league. 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:50.080 I'm not if you want to like look Commissioner Kathy Engelberg, right, 0:19:50.400 --> 0:19:53.280 this is a giant headache for her of the WNBA, 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.600 although she should be very excited that a lot of 0:19:56.640 --> 0:19:59.680 attention is on the league. Next year will be the 0:19:59.760 --> 0:20:04.080 third anniversary of the WNBA, and it is a lot 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:08.040 people are talking about it and going to games and 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:11.359 participating in the drama. Sadly, a lot of it is 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:15.159 real housewives, you know, basketbawl and not just you know 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:20.440 who shot how many three pointers? But this should be 0:20:20.560 --> 0:20:24.600 easy for the commissioner, who's convening a task force this 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:27.320 week to talk about this, which is it's such a joke. 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:30.560 I think it's just you know, to say we did. 0:20:32.800 --> 0:20:37.240 But the IOC, the International Olympic Committee, just banned trans 0:20:37.400 --> 0:20:42.200 athletes from competition. They will give genetic testing. I think 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:46.199 the WNBA can just draft in behind that. They're the one, 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:49.439 they're a bigger governing body, and they're international and they 0:20:49.480 --> 0:20:52.359 have said this is bullshit, it's not happening. So all 0:20:52.400 --> 0:20:54.600 you can do you can defer to them, tuck in 0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:57.280 behind their way. Can do a little genetic testing too. 0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:01.720 I say to Enniscanter Freedom, who wants to play. He 0:21:01.840 --> 0:21:05.720 wants to register for the twenty twenty seven WNBA draft, 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:10.120 And Royce White who wants to register, Okay, chop off 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:12.840 your twig and berries. You don't just get to put 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:15.880 on a dress and heels, Ennis, you gotta chop off 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:18.080 the twig and berries if you want to play. And 0:21:18.160 --> 0:21:22.280 if you do that, I don't know, I'm tempted to 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:25.480 let the guy. I mean, that's a major sacrifice they'd 0:21:25.480 --> 0:21:29.840 better not be junk underneath that dress my friend's if 0:21:29.880 --> 0:21:34.760 you want to, although nice legs on enniscanther freedom. So 0:21:34.920 --> 0:21:39.680 Kathy Engelbert, in a leaked memo nothing is leaked by accident, 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:43.560 went out to all the teams acknowledge there have been 0:21:43.600 --> 0:21:46.960 a lot of questions lately about the transgender athletes in 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:51.440 women's basketball issue. She said, this is a complex and 0:21:51.640 --> 0:21:56.639 nuanced issue, is it really? We're gonna hold discussions and 0:21:56.880 --> 0:21:59.919 listening sessions for any and all who want to discuss. 0:22:00.400 --> 0:22:03.040 That'll be a very small zoom as soon as you say, hey, 0:22:03.280 --> 0:22:05.960 we're all getting together to talk about this. We'd rather 0:22:06.119 --> 0:22:08.400 just like post a loud tweet about it. But we're 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:13.760 not actually interested in the discussion. The intellectualism of it all. Yeah. 0:22:13.800 --> 0:22:16.600 So the task Force is convening its presidents and gms 0:22:16.720 --> 0:22:19.600 this week. It's an already scheduled meeting, they say, but 0:22:19.680 --> 0:22:24.200 they'll get into it now. The WNBA Players Association, the 0:22:24.280 --> 0:22:30.119 other official statement, said, we embrace justice and DEI diversity, 0:22:30.200 --> 0:22:33.840 equity and inclusion. Those are the values that unite this 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:37.520 union and allow it to protect women's sports while creating 0:22:37.680 --> 0:22:42.720 transformational change. Word salid word salid word salid. Hate abuse 0:22:42.840 --> 0:22:46.520 and demonization of any person or group of people, including 0:22:46.600 --> 0:22:51.040 transgender people, only fuel fear, division, and harm will continue 0:22:51.080 --> 0:22:53.439 to have hard conversations, but will not be used as 0:22:53.520 --> 0:22:57.639 political pawns. This is, you know, you take a larger stance. 0:22:57.800 --> 0:23:03.840 This is it's a greater mission. Hate abuse, demonization of 0:23:03.920 --> 0:23:07.880 any person or group of people, including transgender people, only 0:23:08.000 --> 0:23:12.440 fuel fear. Look, this is just about fairness, right. There's 0:23:12.480 --> 0:23:18.479 a reason why women's professional tennis players don't play men's tennis. 0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:26.840 It's just fairness. How about Obama. I gotta say this 0:23:27.000 --> 0:23:29.879 is a good look for Obama. He's not weighing in 0:23:30.040 --> 0:23:34.000 on the issue, but he's just a plain and simply 0:23:34.080 --> 0:23:38.240 a Caitlin Clark fan. And you know, I probably some 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:40.679 black players aren't going to love this, but please remember 0:23:41.040 --> 0:23:43.399 Obama is Switzerland. He is half black and he is 0:23:43.520 --> 0:23:46.679 half white, so he is racial Switzerland. He is allowed 0:23:46.680 --> 0:23:49.239 to come and he just likes Caitlin Clark sore at 0:23:49.240 --> 0:23:52.159 an event, and he was super excited and encouraged her 0:23:52.240 --> 0:23:55.400 to like keep up the tough skin. Exhibit six. 0:23:56.160 --> 0:24:01.560 Obama, how are you yeah really nice to me? Oh hey, Caitlyn, 0:24:01.680 --> 0:24:05.120 how are you really nice to meet you. You're great, 0:24:05.680 --> 0:24:11.320 You're fantastic. Don't let all this nonsense get you back. Yeah, 0:24:11.600 --> 0:24:13.440 you know, I always say. 0:24:15.160 --> 0:24:17.760 One of the things that was luckiest for me was 0:24:18.359 --> 0:24:20.240 I didn't get famous to a lot like forty five, 0:24:21.000 --> 0:24:23.440 so I was the old ass man. I mean, you're 0:24:23.480 --> 0:24:26.160 my daughter. Say you're not to have that much sue. Yeah, 0:24:26.840 --> 0:24:32.159 you know, person nonsense, So don't lose that joy. The 0:24:32.280 --> 0:24:35.600 game's like again, yeah, and you're a hooper and either 0:24:36.119 --> 0:24:39.080 sometimes you always heard and you're on a nice little 0:24:39.119 --> 0:24:39.560 run right now. 0:24:40.080 --> 0:24:45.200 Yeah, yeah, yeah, come on, that's very presidential. That's very 0:24:45.760 --> 0:24:48.399 old bull. Been there, done that, you know, seeing that, 0:24:48.920 --> 0:24:52.040 and you know there's no colors in all of this. 0:24:52.760 --> 0:24:55.840 Caitlin Clark is totally targeted by everybody in the league, 0:24:55.880 --> 0:24:57.960 but she drives the league and that pisses off a 0:24:58.040 --> 0:25:00.840 lot of people. But he loves it. He loves her fight, 0:25:00.960 --> 0:25:05.720 he loves her ability. She gets back up. That was cool. 0:25:06.760 --> 0:25:11.000 You know, that's not a political moment. Whenever there is 0:25:11.040 --> 0:25:13.960 an uproar though, or like you know, chaos or something 0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:17.760 a row, you know, in the public sphere, there are 0:25:17.840 --> 0:25:21.920 those ready to capitalize and exploit. We laughed about Royce White, 0:25:22.280 --> 0:25:27.040 who wants to register for the WNBA twenty twenty seven draft. 0:25:27.119 --> 0:25:30.800 He's a former NBA player and not that great. He also, 0:25:30.920 --> 0:25:34.080 by the way, is wanting to run for US Senate. 0:25:34.200 --> 0:25:38.200 So he's just got two whatever comes first, right, running 0:25:38.240 --> 0:25:43.720 for senator or WNBA power Forward. I'll take either one, Royce. 0:25:44.640 --> 0:25:48.359 We appreciate your hustle, but that's opportunism right there. But 0:25:48.480 --> 0:25:50.440 there are other people getting in on the act, and 0:25:51.000 --> 0:25:53.679 you know a lot of guys like it. The manisphere 0:25:53.840 --> 0:25:57.440 is loving this action. Dave Portnoy from Barstool Sports. He 0:25:57.600 --> 0:26:02.000 loves this whole topic. Ex players love it. As you 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:07.520 saw OutKick Sports. Clay Travis is putting his money where 0:26:07.600 --> 0:26:11.080 his mouth is. Ten million dollars. He said he will 0:26:11.119 --> 0:26:14.840 give ten million to any WNBA team who can beat 0:26:15.840 --> 0:26:20.640 the high school boys state champion of your choice. Any 0:26:20.720 --> 0:26:24.960 state you choose could beat you know, Maine, Rhode Island, Delaware, 0:26:25.720 --> 0:26:33.840 small places. The truth is he's right right, Most boys 0:26:34.520 --> 0:26:38.119 high school state champions I think would win over a 0:26:38.320 --> 0:26:41.520 WNBA team. Also, you have to decide what size ball 0:26:41.600 --> 0:26:43.520 you're going to be using, because the women use a 0:26:43.600 --> 0:26:46.639 six and the NBA uses a seven. So you know 0:26:47.240 --> 0:26:50.040 you got to work that out, but I would say 0:26:53.200 --> 0:26:58.240 a second of your time, sir, as you talk about size, Eric, yes, 0:26:58.520 --> 0:27:01.400 you'll make it quick please, I'm on ah. 0:27:01.440 --> 0:27:03.960