{"id":883137,"date":"2026-09-04T14:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/883137\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:22:09","slug":"royce-white-puts-even-more-pressure-on-wnba-over-draft-eligibility-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/883137\/","title":{"rendered":"Royce White puts even more pressure on WNBA over draft eligibility rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Royce White is putting the WNBA in a tight spot amid their silence over gender eligibility rules.<\/p>\n<p>Enes Kanter is taking the nuclear option, filing a federal lawsuit against the Chicago Sky, the city, and Wintrust Arena after getting kicked out over a provocative shirt. <\/p>\n<p>While Kanter pushes for a direct legal fight, Royce White has taken a backseat. White recently showed up at a Fever game without making a scene, quietly waiting for the WNBA to respond to his draft declaration. <\/p>\n<p>Yet the aim remains the same. Enter for the WNBA draft if the league don\u2019t change their rules.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"grv-tpwp-permalink-overlay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/talkingpoints\/talk-wnba\/795421eb-fans-think-caitlin-clark-was-robbed-of-pl\/\" aria-label=\"Fans think Caitlin Clark was robbed of Player of the Week - tell us what you think \ud83d\udc47\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">        Fans think Caitlin Clark was robbed of Player of the Week \u2013 tell us what you think \ud83d\udc47 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Angel Reese: 14ppg, 3.7apg, 17.7rpg<br \/>\nCaitlin Clark: 35.5ppg, 11apg, 4rpg<\/p>\n<p>      Royce White applies pressure on WNBA to change their rules<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3lUC7p_eo1M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Whatever<\/a> held a debate between transgender women and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/royce-white\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/royce-white\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Royce White<\/a> on their YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>During the debate, White was asked for an update on the current situation: \u201cWhat\u2019s the current status? What\u2019s going on with the WNBA?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White said: \u201cThe WNBA has to make a decision about who they let play in their league, the rules and eligibility, as many sports leagues or professional sports leagues have done in the past. And right now, we\u2019ve put in a declaration for the 2027 draft. We haven\u2019t heard back from the WNBA about my eligibility status. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they don\u2019t make any clear definitive changes to their rules as currently stated, then I\u2019m all clear to play in or participate in the league and obviously the draft and we\u2019ll go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA has no choice but to come out and address the situation at some point, because as it stands, he\u2019s effectively saying, \u201cIf you stay silent, your current rulebook gives me the green light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Royce White is putting the WNBA in a tight spot amid their silence&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,296178,82,630],"class_list":["post-883137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-royce-white","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883137","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=883137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}