WNBA Transgender Athlete Debatesince Aug 3

Enes Freedom, Royce White Test WNBA

Former NBA players sought WNBA draft entry to challenge the league's eligibility rules.

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Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White, both former NBA players, said they plan to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft, testing the league’s rules around transgender athlete eligibility. Freedom, 34, a 6-foot-10 former No. 3 NBA draft pick who played 11 seasons, said he was declaring after reviewing WNBA eligibility guidelines. White, 35, a former first-round pick and Minnesota Republican Senate candidate in the August 11 primary, said he identifies as a woman “sometimes” for professional basketball and raised possible discrimination claims.

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WNBA eligibility rules are so loose that biological males, including former NBA players, can seek entry to women’s basketball by identifying as women. The attempted declarations by Royce White and Enes Kanter Freedom expose an absurd result of transgender inclusion policies in women’s sports.