Ep. 1816 - Sophie Cunningham Just Exposed The WNBA For The Sick Organization It Is
August 4, 2026
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5 min readSophie Cunningham Called Out the WNBA’s Gender Ideology—And the League’s Response Was a Masterclass in Nonsense
The WNBA has never turned a profit. Not one year since its founding in 1997. It loses $40 to $50 million annually today, with cumulative losses well north of $200 million, surviving only because the NBA keeps it afloat. Yet the league’s coaches and announcers have chosen this moment to wage a moral crusade—not against its financial dysfunction, but against a player who stated the obvious: men shouldn’t compete in women’s sports.
The One Player Who Told the Truth
Sophie Cunningham, a white female WNBA player for the Phoenix Mercury, gave an interview to ESPN in which she said she wants “to protect young girls in a locker room or young girls in sports who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.” The backlash was immediate. A fan held up a sign reading “I didn’t think I could dislike anyone more than Clark. Congrats, Cunningham.” During a game, Cunningham took an elbow to the jaw that knocked out teeth; the referees called her for a defensive foul. Announcers used airtime to direct viewers to listen to Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve’s “incredibly thoughtful” remarks condemning Cunningham.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Introduction: The WNBA as a Financial and Cultural Disaster** - Matt Walsh frames the WNBA as an unprecedented financial failure, losing $40-50 million annually and never turning a profit in its 25+ year history, surviving only on NBA subsidies.
- 2 He contrasts this with other failed leagues (NFL Europe, XFL) that eventually folded, arguing the WNBA is a "welfare queen" propped up artificially.
- 3 (03:33) **The WNBA All-Star Game as a "Slapstick Spectacle"** - Walsh plays audio of the All-Star game to demonstrate the low quality of play, highlighting missed layups, airballs, and a general lack of athleticism.
- 4 He argues any decent boys high school team could beat the best WNBA team, citing Clay Travis's $10 million bet and a precedent where the US Women's National Soccer Team lost 5-2 to 14-15-year-old boys.
- 5 (05:27) **Caitlin Clark: The League's Only Success Story and a "Huge Coward"** - Walsh states that Caitlin Clark is the only bankable star in WNBA history, a straight white woman who has embarrassed her mostly lesbian, mostly black rivals.
- 6 He criticizes Clark for refusing to speak out against the anti-white racism she's faced, instead giving interviews about "white privilege" and the need to "elevate black women."
- 7 Walsh accuses Clark of having "no backbone" for punting on the question of males in female sports, calling her betrayal of young girls a key point of the episode.
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The WNBA is imploding. Caitlin Clark caved. And Sophie Cunningham is carrying the whole league.
Ep. 1816
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