Transgender basketball player Julie Tétart, a biological male, plays for Monaco in Ligue Féminine 2 (LF2), France’s second-tier women’s basketball league.Tétart averaged 21 points and 20 rebounds per game during the 2025-26 season, leading LF2 in both categories.FRENCH TRANS PHENOM JULIE TÉTART LOOKS WNBA-READY — SO WHY HASN’T THE ‘INCLUSIVE’ LEAGUE CALLED?Julie Tetart, a transgender player for Monaco and the top player in the French second-division basketball league, is pictured in Reims, France, on Jan.10, 2026.
(ZUMA PRESS)Eurobasket.com also named the 34-year-old its All-French LF2 Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Domestic Player of the Year.Those numbers certainly sound WNBA-worthy.Plus, Tétart told OutKick/Fox News Digital that playing in the WNBA is "a childhood dream" and said, "If they contact me, I won’t say no."So, OutKick/Fox News Digital asked the WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association a simple question: Would Julie Tétart be eligible to play in the league?Neither organization responded to the initial inquiries or a subsequent follow-up specifically addressing Tétart’s eligibility under the collective bargaining agreement.SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM SPEAKS OUT TO PROTECT GIRLS AS WNBA ALL-STAR INITIATIVE BACKS ‘GENDER-EXPANSIVE’ GROUPThe question shouldn’t be difficult.After all, the league’s newly signed CBA appears to provide a clear eligibility standard.Article XIII, Section 1(a) states: "Only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA."Sounds simple, right?But as OutKick/Fox News Digital previously reported, the 409-page agreement never defines "woman" or "women." The terms "transgender" and "gender identity" don’t appear anywhere in the document.Julie Tetart, a transgender player for Monaco, is pictured during a French second-division basketball game in Reims, France.
(ZUMAPRESS.com)The CBA contains detailed definitions for dozens of other terms.Yet the agreement does...