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DemoCat's avatar

The wnba isn’t run by a bunch of transphobic MAGA trolls, so they won’t make a farce out of this by playing along. The league is more popular than ever, by a lot, and they need to avoid giving oxygen to hateful men like these who simply want to stir controversy.

Jens TINGLEFF's avatar

If they were making money today playing basketball, would they have to take a pay cut? Would they consider that fair?

Thixotropickle's avatar

Nothing like continuing to punch down for MAGAT idiots. If they weren’t perpetuating the harm against people who have done less than nothing to deserve it their lame ass attempt at being relevant would be disgustingly ridiculous. May they fade back into irrelevance ASAP which is one of the few things they seem skilled at.

DemoCat's avatar

Both are maga trolls who have openly admitted they are only proclaiming themselves trans women for the sole purpose of continuing their basketball careers in a league they think they can play in. So this is going nowhere, like so many other thoughtless self-owns by wingnuts. Like that kid who tried to claim Robert Mueller was a criminal, or something, and that idiot who made a musical and tried to edit interviews to gotcha people, O’Keefe? But his own company fired him.

No wnba owner is going to make their own league a farce by drafting these clowns, and Royce White very likely couldn’t get up and down the court for more than one or two possessions, after several years of avoiding basketball and aeroplanes. So sorry, fellas, this is ending with egg on your dumb faces, and will only serve to make trans lives harder still, because of trolls like you.

Marty Smit's avatar

Within the last year the WNBA substantially raised their minimum salary to $277,000 /year.

These two yokels probably can’t make close to that at any job, hence this cheap play.

Enter Ranting's avatar

Does this have to do with Trump's Transgender for Everyone?

Enter Ranting's avatar

Somebody isn't getting enough attention.

Joe Schmoe, Troublemaker's avatar

To quote Jethro Tull, both these fools are "thick as a brick."

GrannysKnitting's avatar

so hes gonna shave that manscaped beard and all that manly body hair and start taking oestrogen, right? cos there is no such thing as part time trans

(also, i am a perimenopausal woman and my pronouns are 'try/me')

zeusspeaks's avatar

"My team and I have carefully examined the WNBA’s eligibility criteria..." LMAO His "team" is another bunch of incels in a circle-jerk whining about what losers they are and how-come they don't get to play with the "wimmins" (where they'd absolutely get their puny asses beat) since they're all incapable of doing anything else with any dignity, capacity or skill. Including running for office. Losers

zeusspeaks's avatar

They'd never make the cut.

a. diderot's avatar

Indeed. They also have the wrong attitude. The men on the practice teams play for free and enjoy playing with such experienced professional players.

Wookiee Monster's avatar

“trans this and that” will continue to be the only thing Republicans feel safe squawking about.

TBF, they will also be engaging in an asston of Islamophobia this election.

Wookiee Monster's avatar

“ I identify as sometimes identifying as a woman for purpose of basketball, professional basketball,”

Yeah, that’s not how it works. You can’t just say you “sometimes” identify as a woman. You have to commit.

TakingAmes's avatar

They should let these two idiots come in for open tryouts. Once they get humiliated by a more talented girl they’ll slink away.

DemoCat's avatar

Agreed. Especially White. He was a fringe player to begin with, and hasn’t played in a few years. The pace of the wnba is fast, in case these ding dongs aren’t actually paying attention. They will get winded after one or two sprints and that’s the end. Strength and size mean little if you are at halfcourt when the offense is attacking the rim. But these clowns aren’t getting drafted, or tryouts. Because they aren’t trans women, and they are blatantly disrespectful of women and trans women, and the league will soon say so. Thanks for your interest, fellas.

goCatgo's avatar

"The Republican president on Monday said that since Iran is seeking compensation as part of any peace talks, he now intends to demand the same for the U.S." AP.

Iran: "We ask for $10 Billion."

P47: "We want $20 billion."

Iran: "We want $50 billion."

P47: "We want $100 billion."

Iran : "We want $200 billion"

P47: "We want $300 billion"

Iran: "Hey! So do we!"

DemoCat's avatar

Now THAT’S how you negotiate!

noname's avatar

It's striking how many different people are working to disrupt, disrespect, downplay, and disarm the WNBA. Huh, I hope no one wonders why.