The Las Vegas Aces are being offered $10 million to play a boys high school state championship team, turning the reigning WNBA champions into the latest target of a very public basketball dare. The proposed matchup has not been scheduled, but it has already revived a years-old argument about how elite women’s and men’s basketball should be compared.
Clay Travis, the conservative media personality who founded OutKick, announced the offer Monday and said he would select the boys team. The winning team would receive the $10 million, while Travis also proposed staging the game as a pay-per-view event and framed it as a modern-day battle of the sexes, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The Challenge Targets Vegas’ Reigning Champions
This is not a random WNBA roster being asked to take the court. The Aces have won three championships, including titles in 2022, 2023 and 2025, according to the team’s official history, making Las Vegas the obvious marquee opponent for Travis’ proposal.
The Aces and WNBA had not immediately responded to the Review-Journal’s requests for comment. Travis said several high school teams have contacted him about playing, but no opponent, venue or date has been announced.
Travis Previously Offered $1 Million
The $10 million pitch is an expanded version of a challenge Travis made in 2023, after then-Aces guard Chelsea Gray called him a ‘dumbass’ for arguing that a strong boys state championship team could beat the best team in the WNBA. OutKick’s earlier report said Travis offered $1 million at the time and suggested the game could become a pay-per-view attraction.
A Loud Proposal Still Remains Hypothetical
Travis has also used the offer to press the WNBA for a response to his broader arguments about sex-based eligibility in sports, an issue that has generated fresh debate around the league. For Las Vegas, though, the practical takeaway is simpler: the Aces have been pulled into a national culture-war spectacle, while the supposed $10 million game remains only a public offer.
