Leftist dogma requires adherents to assert that men can become women and should be treated as such. That wouldn’t work out so well for WNBA players.
On Aug. 3, conservative talk show host Clay Travis offered to give the Las Vegas Aces $10 million — with a catch. He wants the Aces, the reigning WNBA champions, to play a game against a state champion high school boys’ team of his choosing. The winner of the game would receive the cash.
“This will be the most money ever paid to win a single basketball game,” Travis wrote on X. “A modern day battle of the sexes.”
That’s a lot of money, including for WNBA players. This year, the salary cap for each WNBA team is $7 million. But it’s unlikely the Aces will take Travis up on his generous offer. They didn’t respond to my request for comment and haven’t said anything publicly about it.
The reason is obvious. Elite high school boys’ basketball players are significantly more athletic than top WNBA players. At the recent WNBA All-Star game, Seattle Storm player Dominique Malonga became the ninth WNBA player to dunk. She wasn’t the ninth woman to dunk in that game. She was the ninth woman to dunk in the 30-year history of the league. In contrast, Cleveland Cavaliers star Evan Mobley dunked nine times in a single game last season.
Travis didn’t make this offer to insult women. He made it to expose the rampant hypocrisy among the left generally and the WNBA specifically.
In a July profile by ESPN, Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham said she wants to keep men out of women’s sports.