Former NBA players challenge WNBA on who is a woman

Two former NBA players, Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White, have declared themselves eligible for the WNBA draft after saying they now identify as women, escalating an ongoing debate about eligibility in women’s sports. The issue gained further attention after Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said in a July ESPN interview that biological men should not compete in women’s sports or access women’s locker rooms. The WNBA convened a task force on transgender athletes on Aug. 12, but at the time of writing it had not determined eligibility rules. In a league statement, the WNBA said it denounced “bad-faith” efforts and that there were no immediate eligibility matters affecting the league.