Sam Ponder calls out the WNBA for cowardice: 'Be courageous. Stand for women'

As former NBA players challenge the WNBA's inclusion guidelines, 'Outnumbered' co-hosts Emily Compagno and Kayleigh McEnany call out the league's failure to define gender eligibility, while criticizing the Indiana Fever coach for not defending player Sophie Cunningham.

Former ESPN host Sam Ponder called on the WNBA to show courage, stand for women and girls, and define what a woman is.

On Wednesday, a league task force of team presidents and general managers met and discussed transgender athletes but failed to establish any eligibility rules.

However, a source familiar with the league and the meeting told Fox News that the meeting "focused significantly on the hate and vitriol being directed at WNBA players online."

The WNBA is still more concerned with random trolls allegedly sending mean tweets to its players than actual issues.

The topic of transgender athletes in female athletics has become an issue, as players, coaches, media members and fans have scolded Fever forward Sophie Cunningham for acknowledging in a profile that protecting female sports is important to her.

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Samantha Ponder speaks at the Inside the Game Q&A presented by IFA on Feb. 2, 2018, in Minneapolis, Minn. (WireImage)

Sam Ponder was a vocal advocate for protecting women's sports during her final years at ESPN. She and fellow former ESPN anchor Sage Steele were the only public advocates for the cause at the network. ESPN fired Ponder nearly two years ago this week.

Sources tell OutKick that Ponder's opposition to males competing against females did not help her cause, but that her salary was the leading reason for her exit.

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