'Doesn't exist' - Geno Auriemma addresses WNBA transgender controversy - RAW CHILI

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma took a direct swipe at the WNBA’s latest lightning-rod debate.

When Geno Auriemma speaks, the entire basketball ecosystem listens, and for good reason. With 11 NCAA national championships, over 1,200 career wins, and a Hall of Fame resume built across four decades at UConn, his authority on the women’s game is virtually unmatched.

But what makes his voice resonate so loudly beyond Storrs is his total lack of a filter. Auriemma has never played the corporate media game. Whether he’s dissecting players or taking aim at the league, he cuts straight through the noise with pure honesty.

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And that’s no different when it comes to the transgender situation going on in the WNBA.

In an interview with CNBC, Geno Auriermma is bound to cause controversy after claiming that the whole gender issue is completely made up and doesn’t exist.

The interviewer asked: “The issue of the moment is this sort of issue about transgender athletes, and so Cunningham came out and said, you know, obviously, you know, women’s basketball is for women, and I know you’ve made statements before generically about how women and men probably shouldn’t end up playing together. Obviously, the trans issue is a little different. Is that an issue that women’s basketball players should be talking about?”

Auriemma had this to say: “No, I don’t know of any trans players in the league? I don’t know any that have tried to play in the league and have been denied playing in the league. So it’s an issue that has been made an issue. That’s a non-issue. It doesn’t exist. I don’t know any other way to put it.

“At the basic level. You just want fairness. You want, but who do you want fairness for? You want fairness for everybody, and I don’t know whether that’s what we’re talking about here. We’re talking about accusing someone or some entity of something that doesn’t exist right now.

‘Doesn’t exist’ – Geno Auriemma addresses WNBA transgender controversy