Posted on 08/24/2026 2:52:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Enes Kanter sat with the fans on Sunday at a WNBA game and, as it turns out, that’s as close as either he or other WNBA hopeful Royce White is going to get.
According to Front Office Sports’ Colin Salao, the WNBA has ruled both White and Kanter ineligible to play.
“Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are not eligible to play in the WNBA, league sources tell Front Office Sports,” Salao reported.
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.”
The league added that it “will not allow outside pressure or manufactured controversy to dictate league processes.”
Multiple outlets reported the news as the WNBA made its stance on male inclusion clear. The statement does not contain the all-important explanation for why they have excluded White and Kanter.
Are they barred from the draft because they’re men? That would obviously be the correct and sensible conclusion. However, what does that mean for the WNBA’s stance on transgender issues? Does it acknowledge that men hold distinct physical advantages over women that would make trans inclusion unfair? Does it deny a man’s ability to identify himself as female and live his “truth”
And if so, does the league no longer support trans rights?
Kanter’s efforts to join the league became the focus on Sunday as he was singled out for an angry tongue -lashing from Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Kanter then stood with his arms extended, jawing back at the enraged player before security escorted him out.
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They didn’t think this one through. All they had to do was let them declare for the draft and no team pick them.
A dildo cloud to descend on every WNBA game?
“WNBA Rules Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White Ineligible for Draft”
Lawsuit territory.
Sounds like a Federal Court Case needs to be filed.
Just whodoo the WNBA think they are when it comes to wokeness?
of course they didn’t think it through ... they are female ...
WNBA management is terrified of being forced to expose how many men are already playing in the league.
Let the lawsuits begin.
The WNBA is more like “Lady looks like a Dude”.
The courts are going to have a great time with this decision.
“They didn’t think this one through. All they had to do was let them declare for the draft and no team pick them”
Someone would leak info about league wide collusion. If the WNBA rules can’t exclude them, they would be in a world of legal hurt.
Vegas needs to start taking bets on each WNBA player as to whether they’re XX or XY.
To the surprise of no one.
“We cannot allow anyone to demean and marginalize others.”
We will, absolutely, marginalize Kantner and White.
Besides, White should have changed his last name a long time ago to distance himself/herself/itself from the purveyors of White Privilege.
Start a co-ed league. 3 girls, 2 guys on each side. Be more interesting than the WBNA. Every substitution would have to keep the same ratio of sexes per side. 3:2.
The 3 on 3 league seems to be doing some business. My guess is that non woke fans outnumber woke fans. End of the b.s. wNBA.
So what, exactly, is their policy?
Do they simply decide who is eligible?
That won’t stand.
Now let’s see all the other ex-NBA players declare for the WNBA draft. It would end up being a massive class-action lawsuit.
What are their justifications? Freedom because he’s a Turk and White because he’s a Republican?
Yeah, one would hope a judge would take a dim view of “We said so”.
I want Enes to sue over this.
This was always the outcome. They will pick and choose which men will be allowed in the league. They see no hypocrisy in their actions, and have no shame.
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