James Kaufman discusses a controversial scenario where biological men, including former NBA players, identify as women to join the WNBA. He criticizes the league's lack of a clear definition of \"woman\" in its collective bargaining agreement, arguing that allowing transgender women to compete undermines fairness and the integrity of women's sports.
James Kaufman, World News Report today.
Well, ladies and gentlemen,
the WNBA will look completely different next year.
We have a ton of, well, trans men that have decided that
they are starting to actually identify as a female.
These are ex-NBA players or people that were cut from teams,
maybe people that were forced to play overseas, etc.
and we've already had four or five of them come out
and say that they are eligible and that after
further review they've started to feel as if they might be a female
so what are we going to have
next year they asked for it folks we're going
to have the WNBA full of seven foot men let's listen
to one of them right now explain well his thoughts I just said
so you've declared yourself
eligible for the WNBA uh i think i understand
your motivations you're leaning into ultimately
sophie's push for fairness
but yet the WNBA is now going to hold uh talks over this nuanced and
complex issue where it doesn't really seem complex
biological men should not be allowed to play
in ladies basketball why are you getting involved
and how did the WNBA even get to this point you
Right now, I'm just having a blast in my feminine era.
I never thought that I was a woman.
I've always trusted the science,
and I thought I was a man my entire life.
But after further review, a strong look at my personal preferences,
it would appear that I am indeed sometimes identifying
as a transgender woman.
And I think it's only fair I get
a chance to play with some of my queens
here in the twilight of my career, my athletic prime.
Well, and so exactly what you're saying, Royce, is just sort
of unveils, pulls the curtain back on the lack of clarity in the WNBA's
policies under Article 8 of their 2026 collective bargaining agreement.
It simply says that only players
who are women are eligible to play in the NBA,
but in the over 400 page document doesn't define what a woman is.
It seems the answer of what they do now is pretty clear.
Would you agree?
Well, you know,
it's just astounding that the WNBA can't define the W in the name.
And I think we're going through a very necessary conversation about
who's actually eligible to play in some of these professional
sports leagues, I guess, on both sides of the gender spectrum.
My goal is to help elevate the WNBA.
I think the ticket prices and the attendance, you know, will soar.
I think the audience, the live audience, will increase.
And I think ultimately it's good for the game.
It's going to help evolve the game.
I mean, who would argue that, you know,
a player like myself or an Eunice Cantor or, you
know, in the future, maybe even, I don't know,
a LeBron James, you know, after he expires
in the NBA, you know, maybe he wakes up one day
and realizes he's a, you know, a woman
as well.
You know, who could argue that that wouldn't
make the women's game better?
So listen, I don't know what to even say to that.
and we'll see where it goes
but on a serious note I give you the last few seconds is the WNBA at
risk of losing all the new eyeballs
and fans that Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark have brought to
the game oh the WNBA is an example of a herald
of us losing a lot of things in this country
we have to secure our elections we have to restart
the mass deportations we have to start arresting
some of these deep staters i'm in huge favor of banning sharia law
and marxism so this gentleman
or I should say trans person,
really does have it together.
And I foresee, well, him going first in the draft thus far.
We'll see who else signs up,
but I see him being picked over any of the girls coming out of college,
and this might be our number one pick,
unless we have some other folks sign up as well that identify as women.
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