{"id":865052,"date":"2026-08-20T13:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/865052\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:58:10","slug":"wnba-shooting-themselves-in-the-foot-over-transgender-controversy-jonathan-fahey-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/865052\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA &#8216;shooting themselves in the foot&#8217; over transgender controversy, Jonathan Fahey warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dek\">\n              Former federal prosecutor Jonathan Fahey joins &#8216;Mornings with Maria&#8217; to analyze the WNBA&#8217;s transgender eligibility rules. Fahey argues the league is self-sabotaging its newfound success with Caitlin Clark.\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"dek long-dek\">Former federal prosecutor Jonathan Fahey warns the WNBA is &#8216;shooting themselves in the foot&#8217; by failing to establish clear transgender eligibility rules. Speaking on &#8216;Mornings with Maria,&#8217; Fahey argues the league risks alienating its growing fanbase during a historic surge in popularity led by Caitlin Clark. He compares the WNBA&#8217;s political stance to corporate missteps by major brands like Nike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former federal prosecutor Jonathan Fahey joins &#8216;Mornings with Maria&#8217; to analyze the WNBA&#8217;s transgender eligibility rules. Fahey argues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-865052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}