Charly Arnolt welcomed a former NFL player Chris Manno on “OutKick The Morning” to discuss, among other topics, Clay Travis’ bet that a top high school team could beat the best team in the WNBA.
Travis initially pitched the idea that one of the best high school boys teams in the country should play the Las Vegas Aces, WNBA champion to highlight the differences between men and women. The OutKick founder didn’t mean by this that women can’t play sports at a high level, but rather to refute the narrative that it’s harmless for biological males to compete in women’s sports.
Arnolt made this distinction in his conversation with Manno.
“Obviously there are a lot of people who just assume that Clay is sexist, that he’s trying to punk the WNBA,” Arnolt said. “The fact remains that men and women, biologically, (are) super different.
“We even look at the high school boys basketball team and the makeup of their players, what they can do, their size, their skills,” Arnolt continued. “And you look at the WNBA players who are often much older, they are professional basketball players but still, the level of competition would not be on the same playing field at all.”
Manno agreed with Arnolt’s position and even suggested that Travis hadn’t received a response yet because the WNBA knew it was true. After reviewing the roster of the WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, Manno concluded the women’s team wouldn’t stand a chance.
“I think a lot of times silence speaks louder than words,” Manno said. “The LAs Vegas Aces said nothing in response. I spent some time training at IMG Academy, I work with athletes at a school called Lou High…we have guards that are 6’4″, 6’5″, 6’6″, where on Aces, the tallest players are 6’3′, 6’4″. And they are the biggest. I don’t see how that’s a sexist thing to say.
Riley Gaines also came on the show and aptly summarized the points made by Arnolt and Manno during their discussion.
“It’s not sexist to say that men and women are different,” Gaines said. “It’s not really necessary to learn that in school, you know, when you’re young it’s inherent to know that men and women are different.”
