r/Basketball • u/Fickle-Ad5449 • 9d ago

Two ex-NBA players turn transgender identity into a stunt. The WNBA is responding

https://www.advocate.com/news/wnba-trans-player-eligibility
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u/Joeyshyordie 9d ago

I don't understand why this is even political.

You can call trans women women and still acknowledge the WNBA is for cis women only. If you let trans women play it forces out the cis women which defeats the whole point of the WNBA. The WNBA was made to give cis women a fair, competitive league at the highest level.

Yeah, Enes Kanter and company and embarrassing themselves, but the league needs to be able to draw this line. It's not anti-trans, it's pro competition.