Mark Cuban weighs in on transgender athletes in women's sports: 'People just aren't ready'

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Dallas Mavericks minority owner and "Shark Tank" host Mark Cuban gave his take on transgender athletes in women's sports this week. 

During an interview on "The Stephen A. Smith Show" Friday, Cuban suggested trans inclusion should not be "pushed down people's throats." 

"To make it a national issue so that if you weren’t supporting the fewer than 10 trans athletes in the NCAA, then you weren’t a good person. People just aren’t ready for that yet. You've got to meet people where they are," Cuban said. "It takes time, you can’t just force it down people’s throats."

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Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks checks his phone during the second half of a game between the Mavericks and the Orlando Magic at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, Nov. 3, 2024. (Jerome Miron/Imagn Images)

Cuban also suggested people affected by transgender inclusion policies in sports should not be used in political campaigns. 

"Instead of trying to get where the people who are being disadvantaged and being discriminated against are helped, they wanted to make it a campaign issue," Cuban said. "Focus on helping the people, not using them to campaign."

A national exit poll conducted by the Concerned Women for America legislative action committee found that 70% of moderate voters saw the issue of "Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls' and women’s sports and of transgender boys and men using girls' and women’s bathrooms" as important to them. 

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