{"id":1136050,"date":"2021-12-21T00:49:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1136050"},"modified":"2021-12-21T00:49:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:49:34","slug":"college-swimmer-says-trans-athletes-competing-against-women-destroys-fair-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-swimmer-says-trans-athletes-competing-against-women-destroys-fair-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"College Swimmer Says \u2018Trans&#039; Athletes Competing Against Women Destroys Fair Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcollege-swimmer-says-trans-athletes-competing-against-women-destroys-fair-competition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1136050&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The recent news about a biological male turned transgender woman smashing women\u2019s swimming records as a UPenn athlete has sparked reactions around the country, including from a former Division 1 swimmer for the University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>In her commentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/12\/transgender-inclusiveness-is-an-affront-to-the-fairness-of-sports\/\">posted<\/a> on the <em>National Review<\/em> website, Jenna Stocker cited that sports have never been free from controversy, from the evolution of equipment and rules to race relations and political agendas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut nothing has threatened the future of sports more than transgender integration,\u201d Stocker wrote.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;\u201c<\/span>Allowing biological men to compete as women <i>against women<\/i> destroys the fundamental concept of what makes athletic competition, specifically women\u2019s sports, fair.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-17-640x480-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lia Thomas\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Lia Thomas\/Screenshot)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy allowing an unfair advantage to one class of participants is abhorrent and inexcusable, delegitimizing the integrity of the competition,\u201d Stoker wrote. \u201cIt is no easy task to reach the collegiate level in any sport, man or woman. I know because I was an NCAA Division I swimmer at Minnesota.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Stocker, who now is the managing editor of Thinking Minnesota, said her years as a swimmer taught her many life lessons, including perseverance, hard work, how to win humbly and lose gracefully, and being a team player.<\/p>\n<p>Stocker is critical of the United States Swimming, the University of Pennsylvania, the NCAA, and the International Olympic Committee for all siding with trans women instead of real women and spells out what is at stake with people in power taking this position:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"25.843255463451\">\n<p>But what about before athletes even get a chance to participate? I grew up in a working-class family, and college was not guaranteed. My parents sacrificed to drive me back and forth to practices, many years of which involved two practices per day, as well as early morning carpools. They knew that my hard work and determination could lead me to a college swimming career, and this became even clearer when I secured a scholarship to attend the University of Minnesota. But what about the young women whose hopes for a college degree could depend on an athletic scholarship? What happens when this limited pool of money and resources for women is taken by a man? Where is the fairness and equality of opportunity in that scenario? The express purpose of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2020\/05\/19\/2020-10512\/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal\">Title IX<\/a>, passed 49 years ago, was for universities, colleges, and schools that receive federal money to \u201cprovide equal athletic opportunity for members of both sexes.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Taking away opportunities for women\u2019s advancement through athletic and academic performance is a step backward, and the NCAA\u2019s seeming refusal to acknowledge this shows it cares nothing about opportunity or fairness.<\/p>\n<p>Who is speaking out now on behalf of the female athletes being robbed of their records, their place on the podium, and their chance at winning \u2014 or even simply participating?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stocker concludes with dismay about the loss of an even playing field from girls and women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter one\u2019s color, religion, politics, or socioeconomic status, in the pool or on the playing field, everyone has the same opportunity,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWinning or losing comes down to hard work, determination, commitment, and natural ability. Or at least it used to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent news about a biological male turned transgender woman smashing women\u2019s swimming records as a UPenn athlete has sparked reactions around the country, including from a former Division 1 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1136050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1136050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1136050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1136050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1136050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}