ESPN featured commentator and sports ****** yst Stephen A. Smith stepped into the WNBA's debate surrounding the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's sports Tuesday.
Smith launched an incensed rant against Cheryl Reeve, the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx. Reeve recently wore a shirt that read "Trans Kids Belong" while coaching a WNBA game.
"We gotta stop this. We gotta stop acting like somebody that's speaking up on behalf of girls, like the Sophie Cunninghams, like the Riley Gaineses, are scourges of the earth. You are Cheryl Reeve, the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx. That is an irresponsible thing to do," Smith said.
He continued:
You are a coach for a female basketball team. Do you not think that the females are being screwed over if they have to compete against an individual born as a male? What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Trying to tell me that a college player, a man, at a college program anywhere in the country, or an NBA player, should transition to being a woman and be allowed to compete in the WNBA? On a collegiate level to a women's college program, whether it's UConn, South Carolina, Iowa, Tennessee, or wherever else you want to come up with. What the ****** are you talking about? It's not true. It's false … If you're a male transition into female, you shouldn't be playing against the women. ****** ody said you can't transition from male to female. The issue here is competing against the women.
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Smith launched an incensed rant against Cheryl Reeve, the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx. Reeve recently wore a shirt that read "Trans Kids Belong" while coaching a WNBA game.
"We gotta stop this. We gotta stop acting like somebody that's speaking up on behalf of girls, like the Sophie Cunninghams, like the Riley Gaineses, are scourges of the earth. You are Cheryl Reeve, the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx. That is an irresponsible thing to do," Smith said.
He continued:
You are a coach for a female basketball team. Do you not think that the females are being screwed over if they have to compete against an individual born as a male? What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Trying to tell me that a college player, a man, at a college program anywhere in the country, or an NBA player, should transition to being a woman and be allowed to compete in the WNBA? On a collegiate level to a women's college program, whether it's UConn, South Carolina, Iowa, Tennessee, or wherever else you want to come up with. What the ****** are you talking about? It's not true. It's false … If you're a male transition into female, you shouldn't be playing against the women. ****** ody said you can't transition from male to female. The issue here is competing against the women.
#coach #male #talking
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