The One Movie That Could Flatten the WNBA

“South Park,” in its prime, was ahead of the cultural curve.

Take “Board Games,” a 2019 episode that poked fun at trans female athletes competing against biological women. A “strong women” athlete, who looked and sounded suspiciously like wrestler Randy “Macho Man” Savage, stormed the competition.

One competitor spoke glowingly of including trans athletes in the events … until she saw the person in question.

Cue the “Macho Man” impression, all glistening muscles and trash talk.

The show made the all-too-obvious point that men and women are biologically different. Saying otherwise may seem kind and compassionate, but it ignores the truth.

Humor matters. So does timing.

That “South Park” episode didn’t end efforts to allow trans women to play against biological women. We saw just that in the 2024 Summer Olympics, where a biological male boxer destroyed his female opponents.

So the team at The Daily Wire made “Lady Ballers,” a late-2024 comedy about washed-up male athletes who “transition” to win a women’s basketball tournament.

Co-writer/director Jeremy Boreing leaned heavily on his web site’s pundits along with scene stealers like Tyler Fischer to satirize a core element of the trans movement.

Men and women are different. That’s OK. In fact, it’s normal and healthy. “Lady Ballers” used a silly setup to make that point clear.

Editor’s Note: This reporter is a weekly contributor to The Daily Wire.

The film debuted at DailyWire+ and, to this day, remains on the platform behind the site’s paywall. That’s smart and understandable. Platforms must create unique, compelling content to gain subscribers and, ultimately, survive.

In recent years, progressive groups have attempted to silence the competition by coaxing advertisers to stop using conservative sites.

Except there’s a new cultural window opening up, courtesy of the WNBA. The league faces not one but two men who want to join the league to prove that men and women are different.

Stephen A. Smith breaks down how the WNBA is now TRAPPED after Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White declared for the league. pic.twitter.com/n1sw7mF4S9

— D. Scott @eclipsethis2003 (@eclipsethis2003) August 11, 2026

The league, in response, recently met to come up with a response. They’ll need more meetings to decide, apparently.

What better time than to free “Lady Ballers” from the Daily Wire paywall? The film could have a two-week VOD window, letting everyone sample what it has to say on the subject.

Some will decry it as transphobic. Others may attempt to ban it outright.

That would only draw more publicity to the film and the topic in play.

The latter is the most salient point. We should treat trans people with compassion, even if we disagree with their choices. Trans women still shouldn’t compete against biological women. It’s unfair and dangerous.

It’s not about cruelty but accepting reality on reality’s terms. Sometimes satire is the perfect way to explain that.