Republican lawmaker believes the WNBA should adopt the Olympic standard for women’s sports
The WNBA is still having a heck of a time definitively saying what a woman is, but according to a letter from league commissioner Cathy Engelbert to Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are not it â women, that is.
Stutzman joined OutKick’s Dan Dakich on the Wednesday edition of “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich” to discuss it.
Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., attends a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the International Financial System” on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Dakich asked the representative point-blank what the league needed to put in writing so that this discussion â which Dakich called “dumbest conversation ever” â could be put to rest.
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Stutzman had a pretty straightforward solution and one that would even allow the league to wipe its hands of criticism from the lefties by passing the buck.
“Well, I think they could just follow another organization’s definitions,” Stutzman suggested. “Say they’re going to follow the Olympics organization’s definition. They don’t even have to define it themselves â there are already other organizations that define what a biological woman is.”
That’s about as easy as it gets. The International Olympic Committee took one on the chin from the pro-men in women’s sports crowd, and, would you believe, the IOC is still, at last check, alive and kicking.
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Still, as Stutzman pointed out, the league shouldn’t even need to hide behind another organization, because it does seem to know the difference between men and women.
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks prior to the 2026 WNBA Draft at The Shed on April 13, 2026, in New York City. (Getty Images)
“But apparently it’s not hard, because Cathy Engelbert can decide that Enes Freedom is a male without even meeting him in person,” Stutzman said. “So, it can’t be that hard.”
