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Caitlin Clark has addressed the controversy surrounding Indiana Fever teammate Sophie Cunningham's comments about transgender athletes, making it clear that she believes the issue should be handled by the sport's governing bodies rather than players.
Clark was asked about Cunningham's remarks following the Fever's 108-100 loss to the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday. Clark avoided taking a side and instead emphasized that her priority remains helping her team win games.
"I think it's for leagues and governing bodies to work with their athletes to find solutions," Clark told reporters. "Our focus is on basketball. That's what we talk about and how we can get wins and obviously we didn't do that tonight."
When asked whether Cunningham's comments had become a topic inside the Fever locker room, Clark said they had not.
"It's not really a discussion we really have in our locker room," she said.
A reporter then pressed Clark for a more direct response, but she declined to expand further, bringing the exchange to an end as she shifted the conversation back to basketball.
The questions come after Cunningham sparked widespread discussion during an interview with ESPN, where she rejected claims that she was anti-trans while explaining her position on transgender athletes competing in girls' and women's sports.
"I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans," Cunningham said. "And I'm like, 'I never once said that.'"
She added, "I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological men."
The debate was also visible during Sunday's game in Minneapolis. Some fans wore shirts reading "Trans Kids Belong in Sports," while others carried signs supporting Cunningham with messages including "Love is truth" and "Thank you Sophie."
