NAIA ruling on Transgender athletes

tim_s said:

They played against human beings who are enjoying the experiences athletics provide whilst competing with their peers

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I think you might have a different opinion if your daughter was trying to enjoy the experience athletics provide whilst competing on female wrestling team.

tim_s said:

They aren't

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So Riley Gaines is a liar?
Tim, I will pray for you.

tim_s said:

They aren't

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Oh, I beg to differ...

tim_s said:

They played against human beings who are enjoying the experiences athletics provide whilst competing with their peers

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Are you against Title IX? Women’s sports all together?
Truly do not understand but not wanting to assume. Human vs Human does away with women’s sports.

Here is the irony of this topic. Most of us have had to fight tooth and nail to get our dds equal rights on the playing field. Title IX is fine BUT we all know the reality of what has happened across this country. Heck, I was the baseball coach when my dd started her HS career. I know that my facilities were better and I worked tirelessly to make sure that the softball program had the same. I had over 100 sets of parents willing to donate money to improve the baseball program. The softball program had an average of 22 sets of parents. Now, the argument is being made that being a biological girl does not matter and those programs are not exclusive to females

Great how everyone uses the extreme to prove their point. Anyone who has ever been around male athletics knows how cruel they can be. Lot of good people out there just trying to make it through life.

Last post from me in this thread unless addressed.

I apologize to everyone for being abrasive. This is an issue that I have fought for a long time. I was the head coach of girl's basketball, softball and girl's golf. I have seen the inequities first hand and I have made more than a few enemies fighting for my girls. In basketball, I had to fight for equal time in the "big gym." I fought until I got others behind me in the community to step up and force change. My daughter was in the middle of all of that and had to listen to all of the hatred geared toward me. Thank God the kids understood and appreciated what transpired. I get heated in these arguments. I taught my dd to never step back and never take s... from anyone because people will attempt to roll over her in life. She grew up accepting nothing less than to be treated in a manner equal to her efforts. Take care!

Edited to remove a couple of sentences that looked like I might be "bragging" about how much money I spent.

joe720 said:

Great how everyone uses the extreme to prove their point. Anyone who has ever been around male athletics knows how cruel they can be. Lot of good people out there just trying to make it through life.

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What?????
Are you saying males should be allowed to compete against females because male athletes in generally cruel and this would help them make it thru life?

How big of an issue is this actually? How has it directly affected you? Do you believe that all female sports will be completely taken over by this? It's part of the silly culture war that we rage daily.

LEsoftballdad said:

Oh, I beg to differ...

Teammates say they are uncomfortable changing in locker room with trans UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas

Members of the University of Pennsylvania women’s swim team are uncomfortable changing in the locker room with transgender athlete Lia Thomas, according to a teammate.

nypost.com

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This is even more egress to me.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/t...against-teens-sharing-locker-room/ar-AA1lxYpo