Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton admitted that he has been left ‘concerned’ by the transgender athlete storm currently engulfing the WNBA. Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham sparked a firestorm when she spoke out about ‘protecting young girls’ in women’s sports, embroiling the league in a fierce debate over transgender athletes. Cunningham’s comments sparked backlash around the WNBA, while some of her supporters raised concerns over their treatment at recent games. Paxton, who attended the Fever’s game against the Dallas Wings at American Airlines Center on Thursday evening, weighed in on the issue. ‘Look, I think they’re working on it,’ Paxton told Fox News of the WNBA’s handling of the situation. ‘I have concerns … but I’m hopeful that things are getting better in that regard.’ The Attorney General stopped short of saying that he would take action if he felt Cunningham’s supporters were being treated unfairly but he did admit that he was ‘looking’ into it. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton weighed in on the trans athlete strom engulfing the WNBA The league has been embroiled in a fierce debate over transgender athletes. (Pictured: Commissioner Cathy Engelbert)’Look, we’re looking at it,’ Paxton said. ‘We wanna make sure that they are treated fairly.’ The Fever guard has been met with boos at most games while protests and counter demonstrations supporting her have become commonplace at games around the country. At a recent game, fans wearing T-shirts supporting her stance were told to cover them up by league security in an incident the WNBA later admitted ‘shouldn’t have happened.’Paxton attended Thursday’s game with his daughter Mattie with the father-daughter duo wearing matching XX-XY shirts as women’s sports advocates rallied outside the arena before the game.’Look, I admire her,’ Paxton said of Cunningham and her public stance. ‘She’s got tremendous courage. It’s what we need in our country, more courage, standing up for what is right, and actually standing up for young women that want the opportunity to compete in sports.’Obviously, we have these policies where men compete against women, which makes it very difficult for these women to compete in sports.’ He added: ‘Instead of criticizing her, how about we admire something of great courage, which is what she has accomplished as a young woman. Standing up is very difficult. Very few people are willing to do it, and I have a lot of admiration. I hope a lot of Texans have a lot of admiration for what she has accomplished at such a young age.’Paxton claimed that Texas has passed laws to ‘protect against men in women’s sports and boys in girls’ sports.’ The WNBA have admitted that arena security were wrong to tell a mother and daughter to remove their ‘offensive’ pro-women T-shirts during a game on Sunday night The debate around transgender inclusion has dominated WNBA discourse in recent weeksTexas law requires athletes at public schools and public colleges to compete based on biological sex. However, the state’s laws do not directly control WNBA eligibility.Following Cunningham’s comments, two former NBA players, Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White, have since seized upon the issue as a chance to make a political point. Both have announced plans to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft, challenging the league’s transgender eligibility policy.The WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement states only women are eligible to play. But with no explicit definition of the term or detail on a transgender participation policy, Kanter and White have decided to try and test those rules, with the campaign rejected by the league as a ‘bad-faith’ effort.’Look, it highlights the crazy insanity of this whole transgender movement,’ Paxton said of Kanter and White’s campaign. ‘When these guys can declare, and it’s under the rules, they’re perfectly within their rights to do it. So I think they’re just highlighting the ludicrousness of what the WNBA is promoting here.’ When asked what his state would do if either of the two former hoops stars were drafted by a WNBA team and played in Dallas, Paxton answered: ‘We’ll just have to see. Enes Kanter Freedom was the first former NBA player to declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft’We don’t know how the WNBA is gonna handle this. But we certainly, we in Texas, we are promoting no boys in girls’ sports because it’s completely unfair.’Paxton previously sued the NCAA in December 2024, accusing the organization, which governs college sports in the United States, of violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by marketing events as women’s competitions while allowing biological males to participate.The NCAA changed its policy in February of last year to limit participation in women’s sports to athletes who were assigned ‘female’ at birth. However, Paxton argued that the change was not sufficient, petitioning for the NCAA to carry out gender screening.