French basketball player Julie Tétart recently said playing in the WNBA would be a "childhood dream" come true, but will the league extend a contract offer?
Tétart, a transgender athlete, currently plays in Monaco under France’s second-tier Ligue 2. The 6-foot-3 center averaged 21.2 points, 20.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game during the 2025-26 season.
During a recent interview with OutKick and Fox News Digital, the All-French LF2 Player of the Year had this to say about the WNBA: "If they contact me, I won’t say no. But you have to be realistic: I’m old, and there are far better players than me."
Would the WNBA even allow Tétart to step on the court? OutKick pointed out that Article XIII, Section 1(a) of the league's eligibility guidelines state: "Only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA."
As of this moment, the WNBA has not commented on Tétart's eligibility.
Is the WNBA at odds?
A few weeks ago, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham told ESPN that she wants to protect young girls from competing against biological men. That sparked a lot of outrage online, but she hasn't backed down from the criticism.
“I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense,” Cunningham told reporters. “And I think I’ll always believe in that. I think it’s really important to protect children, and that’s little girls who are also involved in that category. I stand on what I said.”
Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve, meanwhile, has been open about her support of the transgender community.
“We have some issues,” Reeve said. “Number one, we need to protect trans kids. Every kid — to me, it’s a human rights issue. Every kid has a right to sports regardless of (being) gender diverse, transgender. Now, what gets nuanced is when you’re beyond puberty, when you’re in Olympic sport, when … we have scholarships at stake and that sort of thing. That’s where I say that common-sense people get together, and you find common ground to find a way to be inclusive. The answer isn’t no. It is not the case that we have ‘biological men in girls’ locker rooms,’ the way it’s being phrased, the innuendo there that somehow transgender women are predators. … There’s a lot of narrative that is problematic that we need to address. That is simply not what’s happening."
While the WNBA continues to support inclusivity, it doesn't seem like the league will sign a transgender athlete this season.
