Before a game against the Connecticut Sun, Sophie Cunningham doubled down on her call to protect women's sports, disregarding recent backlash over her comments, reports OutKick.
"I said what I said. I think it's kind of common sense. I'll always believe in that. It's really important to protect children, and that's little girls who are also involved in that category," Cunningham said when reporters tried to get her to backtrack on her comments.
She would go on to explain that she's not a very political person, but she will always stand for her beliefs and morals.
Tom Joyce is the editor-in-chief of the New Boston Post, a Massachusetts conservative news outlet. He spoke about Cunningham’s recent comments.
“Look, I think Sophie probably understands better than anyone the difference between men and women in sports, and let's be honest, changing your name, wearing a dress, putting on lipstick, or whatever they do, that doesn't change the fact that a guy is still a guy,” Joyce says.
Megan Rapinoe, a player on the U.S. Women's National Team (USWNT), went on ABC'S "The View" to comment on men in women's sports, saying that it's wrong to exclude trans athletes because it's "attacking women."
However, an example of the USWNT losing 5-2 in 2017 to FC Dallas Under-15 Boys Academy team in preparation for the 2019 Women's World Cup — a World Cup which they would go on to win — suggests that the claim that there is no difference between men and women in athletic competitions is false.
If this were true, Joyce says there would be no need for women's sports such as the Women's World Cup.
“But the fact of the matter is we know that would just be the Men's World Cup. That would be the exact same players that participated in this past World Cup, and there wouldn't be a Women's World Cup," Joyce says.
