College football national champion weighs into 'bulls***' trans debate and comes up with wild plan to prove his point

A former NFL player and college football national champion has joined the 'bull****' trans debate that has engulfed the WNBA and even proposed a radical solution.

Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham's comments that she wanted to 'protect young girls' from 'biological men' have sparked fierce debate in recent weeks.

Fans have been left divided by Cunningham's comments. While some have cheered her on the court, others have booed during the Fever's last three games. And while some have brought signs praising her, others brought signs to criticize her remarks.

On Sunday night, Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve made her feelings on the topic extremely clear by opting to wear a 'Trans Kids Belong' t-shirt on the sidelines in Minneapolis. 

But former NFL defensive star Breiden Fehoko took Cunningham's side when he shared his thoughts on the situation on social media and insisted 'there are no trans kids'.

Fehoko, who won a national championship with LSU, wrote: 'When a baby is born at the hospital, they are either a boy or a girl. There are no trans kids. Stop pushing that bulls*** on this generation. It's only groomer parents.'

He then followed up with a bold scheme to end the debate in the WNBA for good.

Fehoko continued: 'A male college basketball athlete should identify as a woman for a few years. Let's get you drafted into the WNBA.

'If they don’t draft you, they’re hypocrites who don’t “value trans rights.” If they draft you, you become the best to ever grace the hardwood. Emphasis on hard and wood.' 

The divisiveness of the issue was proven again on Sunday night when a plethora of fans were seen, both inside and outside the Target Center in Minneapolis, displaying signs regarding Cunningham's comments. 

Among those was Riley Gaines, who announced on the day that she would be heading down to show her support for Cunningham with a custom-made sign.

The sign read: 'Sophie, Thank You - A Girl Mom.'

However, during the game, retired gymnast and friend of Gaines, Jennifer Sey, revealed that the political activist had been told to put her sign down by staff. 

Gaines swiftly reposted Sey's post on X and added: 'There were no fewer than 1000 signs in the arena. Most with trans paraphernalia. The only person who was told to put her sign down by WNBA officials was me. Wonder why.'

She later told OutKick: 'I checked all the sign policies before I went in there. I made sure it was like 11 by 17. That's the sign size you could have. So, I got a ruler out.'

Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer, went on to detail how she held her sign aloft during the game – only to be swiftly shut down by a staffer, despite other fan signs. 

She recalled: 'I see an arena staffer, someone who's on the court wearing the all-black official clothing, who points at me and mouths something. I can't hear him because he's so far away, but he appeared to say, 'Put your sign down.' 

'He comes over and he says, 'You have to take your sign down.' I'm like, 'No, I don't. I checked all the sign policies before I went in there,' Gaines said. 

After asking why she couldn't show her sign, she explained: 'He said, 'Because it has her name on it. It has Sophie's name on it, so you can't have that.'

'My whole section at that point, they were outraged. They were like, 'You can't tell her she can't have that. There's a hundred signs right here with people's names on it. What do you mean she can't have it?' 

She later revealed that the staffer came back and apologized over the matter.

In the end, Gaines was able to keep hold of her sign and even had Cunningham hold it as they posed for a courtside picture together after the Lynx's 108-100 win.

Elsewhere on the night, Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve made a bold statement by wearing a 'Trans Kids Belong' t-shirt on the sidelines.

Speaking to reporters prior to the matchup, Reeve, who also serves as head coach for USA Basketball's women's national team, doubled down on her stance regarding inclusion and criticized the broader national debate.

'I come from a space of inclusion. The narrative that I think is problematic is to suggest that transgender athletes are the biggest problem in women's sports. 

'This is what's bothersome. There is a faction of people in our country that are making this a massive issue,' Reeve explained.

The tension on the sidelines carried over to the streets outside Target Center, where demonstrations turned chaotic ahead of tip-off in Minneapolis.

Rallies organized outside the arena brought opposing groups face-to-face as supporters of Sophie Cunningham clashed directly with pro-trans demonstrators.

The situation quickly escalated into a physical altercation when a female Cunningham supporter was captured on video snatching a t-shirt out of the hands of a pro-trans demonstrator.

In response, a group of pro-trans protesters swarmed the woman, wrestling the shirt back from her grasp as shouting erupted between the two sides.

Target Center security guards and arena staff were forced to intervene immediately to separate the opposing factions and restore order before the clash could intensify.