- WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert denounced critics who she said are using the league as a political football to sow divisiveness over transgender athlete eligibility.
- Engelbert made her comments in Dallas prior to the Indiana Fever's game against the Dallas Wings, where protesters gathered outside the arena.
- The demonstrations followed remarks by Fever player Sophie Cunningham, who expressed support in an ESPN profile for banning transgender women from female sports categories.
- The WNBA's collective bargaining agreement states that only women are eligible to play, but it lacks explicit definitions concerning gender identity or birth-assigned sex.
- Engelbert announced that the league plans to hold further dialogue regarding transgender women's participation in basketball while condemning bad-faith controversy.
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