{"id":1715895,"date":"2022-10-29T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T10:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1715895"},"modified":"2022-10-29T08:49:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T12:49:19","slug":"nba-champion-matt-barnes-says-hes-against-trans-women-playing-in-wnba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-champion-matt-barnes-says-hes-against-trans-women-playing-in-wnba\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Champion Matt Barnes Says He\u2019s Against Trans Women Playing in WNBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnba-champion-matt-barnes-says-hes-against-trans-women-playing-in-wnba%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1715895&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBA champion<\/a> Matt Barnes said that although he supports the transgender community, he is not in favor of trans women participating in certain professional sports leagues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Barnes shared his personal views about transgender women potentially playing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/wnba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the WNBA<\/a> during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cvFAmSDAbWc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interview with VladTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t like that. If you&#8217;re born a woman, you should play women&#8217;s sports. If you&#8217;re born a man, you should play men&#8217;s sports. I think the sports thing is a little different,&#8221; Barnes said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/Matt-Barnes.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"NBA champion Matt Barnes said that although he supports the transgender community, he is not in favor of trans women participating in certain professional sports leagues.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      NBA champion Matt Barnes said that although he supports the transgender community, he is not in favor of trans women participating in certain professional sports leagues.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Cliff Hawkins\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The interview was posted to the Vlad TV YouTube account on Oct. 21. Barnes&#8217; comments were made in reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA swimming<\/a> champion Lia Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas&#8217; achievements were called into question when it was revealed that she was born a male but began hormone therapy in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke out against Thomas and said he believed the other athletes were put at a competitive disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/north-carolina-school-district-votes-forfeit-games-rival-transgender-athlete-injures-player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTES TO FORFEIT GAMES AGAINST RIVAL AFTER TRANSGENDER ATHLETE INJURES PLAYER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/Matt-Barnes-Warriors.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Matt Barnes: \" If you \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Matt Barnes: &#8220;If you&#8217;re born a woman, you should play women&#8217;s sports. If you&#8217;re born a man, you should play men&#8217;s sports.&#8221;\n      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic gold medalist<\/a> Caitlyn Jenner also acknowledged that while Thomas followed all the rules those rules were not fair.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with Fox News in June, Jenner said Thomas &#8220;played by the rules&#8221; but was &#8220;[given] the ability to honestly take away medals from other athletes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jenner went on to point blame at college sport&#8217;s governing body.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My beef has been with the NCAA. They&#8217;ve got to harden these rules because the NCAA should be out to protect women&#8217;s sports,&#8221; Jenner said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/Matt-Barnes-speaks.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Matt Barnes has spoken about NBA superstars such as Kevin Durant hypothetically playing in the WNBA and said, \" It \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Matt Barnes has spoken about NBA superstars such as Kevin Durant hypothetically playing in the WNBA and said, &#8220;It\u2019s a line that shouldn\u2019t be crossed.&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Cassy Athena\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Barnes spoke about NBA superstars such as Kevin Durant hypothetically playing in the WNBA and said, &#8220;It\u2019s a line that shouldn\u2019t be crossed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The VladTV YouTube account has more than 5 million subscribers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barnes said he is &#8220;pro make your choice,&#8221; but as it relates to sports, he believes a difference exists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sports is different. Sports is a different beast,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA champion Matt Barnes said that although he supports the transgender community, he is not in favor of trans women participating in certain professional sports leagues.Barnes shared his personal views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1715898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1715895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1715898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1715895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1715895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}