An opinion piece from Fox Sports' Outkick argues that the WNBA's handling of the debate over transgender inclusion, sparked by player Sophie Cunningham's comments opposing biological males in women's sports and locker rooms, has damaged the league's credibility. The article contends that league officials, team owners and coaches have either avoided the issue or sided against Cunningham and her supporters, which the author claims undermines the league's founding purpose of protecting opportunities for women and girls in sport.

The piece cites a month of incidents including protests outside games, fans being told to cover shirts referencing biological sex, a former NBA player ejected for wearing a shirt defining "woman" as "adult human female," and two teenage girls being sworn at by a Seattle Storm co-owner for displaying a supportive sign. It also highlights a league "task force" that has yet to produce a clear eligibility definition, and quotes several coaches—including Alex Sarama, Natalie Nakase and Cheryl Reeve—giving what the author characterises as evasive or dismissive responses, while referencing cases of girls such as Ahnaleigh Wilson and Kessa Benner who say they lost competitions to biological males.