Ex-Fever star tells white WNBA players to shut the fk up on trans athlete issues

Former Fever guard Sydney Colson addressed the importance of solidarity among WNBA players, including how teammates respond to various issues confronting the league in 2026.Colson made some notable remarks during her most recent episode of “Unsupervised with Syd & TP,” a podcast she hosts alongside fellow former WNBA player Theresa Plaisance.While Colson did not mention Indiana’s Sophie Cunningham by name, the discussion touched on an issue her former Fever teammate previously addressed.“For the white players in the league, when you don’t say s–t, and even worse, when you say things that are harmful, talking about the trans s–t, nobody respects you,” Colson said.“Shut the f–k up.

Shut the f–k up.Nobody wants to hear your opinion.

Freedom of speech, so you can say it, but just know people are trying to get by when they’re dealing with you.”Colson’s broader comments focused on the responsibility players have to support teammates, particularly when dealing with issues of discrimination, which have dominated online discussions about the league for the past few years.“Listen, if you never speak up about a damn thing when you know it’s impacting the people you claim to love and care about,” Colson said, “you ought to be ashamed to act like you’re cool with people, to act like you care about sisterhood, all of these things.”Cunningham, who played alongside Colson in Indiana during the 2025 season, previously shared her position on transgender participation in women’s sports during a July interview with ESPN.“I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” Cunningham said at the time.Colson also addressed comments made by Fever general manager Amber Cox, who defended the team’s polarizing fan base, which has faced allegations of racism from players and fans, during an end-of-season press conference Saturday.“The attacks on our fanbase have no b...