{"id":1150243,"date":"2021-12-24T11:34:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T16:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1150243"},"modified":"2021-12-24T11:34:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T16:34:44","slug":"usa-swimming-official-quits-in-protest-of-lia-thomas-everything-fair-about-swimming-is-being-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-swimming-official-quits-in-protest-of-lia-thomas-everything-fair-about-swimming-is-being-destroyed\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Swimming Official Quits In Protest Of Lia Thomas: \u2018Everything Fair About Swimming Is Being Destroyed\u2019"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fusa-swimming-official-quits-in-protest-of-lia-thomas-everything-fair-about-swimming-is-being-destroyed%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=1150243&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>An official with USA Swimming has resigned in protest over University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who competed as a male for three years before identifying and competing as a woman. So far, Thomas has shatter women\u2019s swimming records by massive amounts while many continue to claim transgender women have no biological advantage over women.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Times <a href=\"https:\/\/m.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/dec\/23\/cynthia-millen-usa-swimming-official-quits-protest\/\">reported<\/a> that Cynthia Millen \u201chas officiated at USA Swimming events for 30 years, but she hung up her whistle last week in protest over Penn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, and she hopes others will follow her lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Millen told the outlet she notified USA Swimming of her resignation on December 17 in a letter, saying she made the decision while packing for the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t do this, I can\u2019t support this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told my fellow officials that I can no longer participate in a sport which allows biological men to compete against women. Everything fair about swimming is being destroyed,\u201d she wrote in the letter, which she provided to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/secretly-everyone-just-knows-its-the-wrong-thing-to-do-teammate-of-u-penn-transgender-swimmer-sounds-off\">reported<\/a>, Thomas\u2019 times while swimming for the men\u2019s team \u201cwould break seven-time gold medal Olympic champion Katie Ledecky\u2019s college times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Millen told the Times that if she had to officiate a swim meet where Thomas competed, she would have to rule the senior ineligible to compete as a woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Lia came on my deck as a referee, I would pull the coach aside and say, \u2018Lia can swim, but Lia can swim exhibition or a time trial. Lia cannot compete against those women because that\u2019s not fair,\u2019\u201d Millen told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Millen also called on other volunteer officials to protest any meets that include transgender women competing against women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not right because by doing this, we\u2019re supporting this,\u201d Millen told the Times. \u201cThere are no swim meets if there are no officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Penn students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-penn-students-disturbed-by-transgender-swimmer-dominating-female-swim-team-fear-retaliation-from-leftist-classmates\">have spoken out<\/a> anonymously about the inherent unfairness in allowing Thomas to compete against women. Students told The Daily Wire of their frustrations surrounding Thomas\u2019 spot on the women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir idea of \u2018acceptance\u2019 is to not give you a platform&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;by shaming or forcing you out if you have views that are too far from their own,\u201d one student said. \u201cFor a university where we are all supposed to bring ideas and differing viewpoints to grow, the pressure to be silent rings loud and has catastrophic implications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t need a life science degree to know that testosterone gives a massive advantage for physical strength. Not to mention increased red blood cell counts that provide greater oxygenation during long distance exercises, lower natural body fat percentages, and so on,\u201d another student said. \u201cBiological men are physically advantaged over women by nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neither the NCAA nor USA Swimming have commented publicly on the Thomas situation.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An official with USA Swimming has resigned in protest over University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who competed as a male for three years before identifying and competing as a woman. 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