Commentary | Suzanne Bowdey
WNBA Embarrasses Itself with Absurd Embrace of Everything It Isn’t
Who knew a first-grade science question could so thoroughly upend a $5.5 billion enterprise? And yet the WNBA, whose first letter stands for women, can't seem to shake the media firestorm over the meaning of sex. Now, weeks into what should have been a non-controversy - Sophie Cunningham's declaration of support for men playing in their own league and not in hers - the leadership of the league is convening an emergency meeting to debate what should be the most obvious data point in the sport: who's eligible to play in the WNBA.
