Sophie Cunningham and West Wilson split on transgender athletes in girls' sports despite podcast partnership

WNBA player Sophie Cunningham stirs debate by doubling down on her defense of women's sports, emphasizing the foundational role of Title IX. XX-XY Athletics founder and CEO Jennifer Sey champions Cunningham's stance, noting its alignment with widespread beliefs and legal precedents despite media backlash.

WNBA star Sophie Cunningham ruffled plenty of feathers with her recent comments regarding protecting women's sports.

Several media personalities and even some fellow WNBA colleagues were quick to bristle at her statement about keeping biological men out of girls' sports, but the Indiana Fever guard has not backed down.

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham plays in the second half against the Los Angeles Sparks at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on June 27, 2026. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)

The latest person to take umbrage with Cunningham's comments is a familiar and unlikely one, though, as childhood friend and podcast co-host, West Wilson, took to X to voice his displeasure with "right wingers" turning the trans in women's sports debate into a mountain of an issue.

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"Transgender athletes in American sports is such a borderline nonexistent issue that right-wingers have convinced a massive portion of people in our country that these people are a threat to sports in America when mathematically, that's not the case at all," Wilson said.

He continued by claiming that by platforming the issue, politicians in particular are sowing divisiveness and "isolating" trans people.

"There is, like, 10 transgender athletes in all of the NCAA," Wilson said. "I think there are unique questions that can be