WNBA silent on whether French transgender star dominating women’s league would be eligible to play

Clay Travis joins Dan Dakich to discuss the WNBA’s inclusivity hypocrisy, following the recent waves French Trans basketball player Julie Tétart has been making.

The WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association still have not said whether the most dominant player in a French women’s professional basketball league would be eligible to play in the WNBA.

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Tétart averaged 21 points and 20 rebounds per game during the 2025-26 season, leading LF2 in both categories.

Julie Tetart, a transgender player for Monaco and the top player in the French second-division basketball league, is pictured in Reims, France, on Jan. 10, 2026. (ZUMA PRESS)

Eurobasket.com also named the 34-year-old its All-French LF2 Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Domestic Player of the Year.

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So, OutKick/Fox News Digital asked the WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association a simple question: Would Julie Tétart be eligible to play in the league?

Neither organization responded to the initial inquiries or a subsequent follow-up specifically addressing Tétart’s eligibility under the collective bargaining agreement.

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But as OutKick/Fox News Digital previously reported, the 409-page agreement never defines “woman” or “women.” The terms “transgender” and “gender identity” don’t appear anywhere in the document.

Julie Tetart, a transgender player for Monaco, is pictured during a French second-division basketball game in Reims, France. (ZUMAPRESS.com)

The CBA contains detailed definitions for dozens of other terms. Yet the agreement doesn’t define the word that determines who may play in the league.

That omission was already notable when Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark said leagues and governing bodies should work with athletes to determine who should be included in women’s sports.

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Tétart gives the WNBA a concrete case: a professional player in a women’s league who led LF2 in scoring and rebounding and has publicly expressed interest in the WNBA.

Would the WNBA consider Tétart a “woman” for purposes of Article XIII?

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The WNBA and Commissioner Cathy Engelbert haven’t clarified if transgender players are eligible to play in the league. (TNS)

Either Tétart is eligible or Tétart isn’t.

If Tétart is eligible, the league should explain the standard and how that standard protects fairness for female players.

If Tétart isn’t eligible, the league should identify the rule or policy that makes a biological male ineligible. The CBA’s current language doesn’t provide that clarity publicly.

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A professional player has publicly expressed interest in a WNBA opportunity.

The league has a rule that supposedly determines whether that opportunity is possible.

But when asked whether Julie Tétart qualifies under that rule, the WNBA and WNBPA had nothing to say.

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