Former NBA Player Enes Kanter Challenges WNBA Eligibility Rules

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Former NBA Player Enes Kanter Challenges WNBA Eligibility Rules
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  1. Enter Enes Kanter Freedom. The former NBA player is putting that question to the test after ESPN reported that multiple sources around the league said he and fellow former NBA player Royce White are not eligible to play in the WNBA.

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    Breitbart

    “Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are not eligible to play in the WNBA, league sources tell Front Office Sports,” Salao reported.

    RealClearPolitics

    Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game over T-shirt defining 'woman' sparks controversy. Read Full Article ⟶

  2. That started with Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham. Cunningham set off a national debate earlier this summer when she spoke out against biological men competing against women and girls.

  3. Freedom entered the debate after reviewing the WNBA’s eligibility rules, claiming that he met the qualifications to declare for the 2027 WNBA draft. Fellow former NBA player Royce White followed with a nearly identical announcement, adding that he “sometimes” identified as a transgender woman and planned to sue for discrimination if he went undrafted.

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  1. 01 PBS NewsHour

    Breanna Stewart wants WNBA arenas to be safe space as transgender debate sparks rallies at games Breanna Stewart has always seen the WNBA as an inclusive place that has served as a safe space for both its fans and the players. That's been challenged lately.

  2. 02 RealClearPolitics

    The trans women in sports panic is nothing but a stalking horse for permitting violence against trans people—and we should celebrate players like Natasha Cloud who say so.

  3. 03 Breitbart

    In addition, the league characterized Kanter’s antics as “publicity stunts”. It said that it is “not going to give oxygen to efforts designed to mock the league or use this topic to demean and marginalize others.”

  4. 04 The Daily Wire

    The WNBA has a rule saying only women can play. What it doesn’t have, at least publicly, is an explanation of what exactly makes someone a woman.

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Lean Left WATCH: Dethroned Miss NC files defamation lawsuit — ABC News
Center Breanna Stewart wants WNBA arenas to be safe space as transgender debate sparks rallies at games — PBS NewsHour
Lean Right Definitional Lunacy: WNBA Banishes Freedom In Every Sense — RealClearPolitics
Lean Right Bigoted Stunts Have Nothing to Do With Protecting Women — RealClearPolitics
Right WNBA Rules Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White Ineligible for Draft — Breitbart
Right Enes Kanter Freedom Responds After WNBA Says He’s Not A Woman — The Daily Wire
Right WNBA Player Makes Transgender Pledge After Enes Kanter Freedom Confrontation — The Daily Wire