Mark Cuban on Trans Athletes: ‘You Can’t Force it Down People’s Throats’

Dallas Mavericks Minority Owner feels that “people just aren’t ready” to embrace the idea of men competing in women’s sports.

During an interview with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith on Friday, Cuban stressed that allowing transgender athletes to play against women is not something that should be “pushed down people’s throats.”

“To make it a national issue so that if you weren’t supporting the fewer than 10 trans athletes in the NCAA, then you weren’t a good person. People just aren’t ready for that yet. You’ve got to meet people where they are,” Cuban said. “It takes time, you can’t just force it down people’s throats.”

Cuban added, “Instead of trying to get where the people who are being disadvantaged and being discriminated against are helped, they

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