“I don’t like that” – NBA champion Matt Barnes explains why transgender women shouldn’t play in WNBA
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Matt Barnes fully supports a human’s choice to transition and be a transgender person. However, the former NBA champion will not budge when it comes to transgenders playing sports.
Former Golden State Warriors player, Matt Barnes has always spoken his mind and has never really feared to say what he feels is right. In the recent DJ Vlad interview, Barnes touches on a topic that has caused many controversies in the sports world. In a recent interview, Barnes said he is against transgender women playing in the WNBA.
“Whatever you’re born, I feel like you should play in that space,” believes Barnes. The potential of trans athletes competing in the WBNA is not something the veteran is looking forward to. “If you’re born a woman, you should play women’s sports. If you’re born a man, you should play men’s sports,” said Barnes as he affirmed his views in the interview.
Barnes went on to draw examples from the controversy surrounding trans-swimmer, Lia Thomas. “To each their own,” says Matt Barnes as long as it doesn’t interfere with sports. The 42-year-old played in the NBA for 14 seasons and says, “Sports is a different beast” and believes the “Line shouldn’t be crossed.”
Comedian Dave Chappelle shared the same views as Matt Barnes
Popular comedian Dave Chappelle was in a lot of controversies was his comedy specials put out on Netflix. The comedian in one of his specials spoke about equality between men and women. To joke about this, the comedian decided to use NBA legend LeBron James as an example and questioned if people would be okay with a “trans” LeBron James being in the WNBA.
“Say LeBron James changed his gender. Can he stay in the NBA? Or, because he is a woman, does he have to go to the WNBA where will score 840 points a game?” said Chappelle in his comedy special. The comedian then goes on to say, “If men and women were equal, there would be no WNBA.”
The question of whether transgenders can play sports has been up for debate for a long time. A lot of professionals like Matt Barnes seem to share the same view when it comes to this. What are your thoughts?
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Prateek Athanur
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