{"id":1203135,"date":"2022-01-09T23:49:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T04:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1203135"},"modified":"2022-01-09T23:49:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T04:49:11","slug":"upenn-swimming-parents-call-on-ncaa-to-prevent-trans-competitors-from-trampling-all-over-biological-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/upenn-swimming-parents-call-on-ncaa-to-prevent-trans-competitors-from-trampling-all-over-biological-women\/","title":{"rendered":"UPenn Swimming Parents Call on NCAA to Prevent Trans Competitors from &#039;Trampling All over Biological Women&#039;"},"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%2Fupenn-swimming-parents-call-on-ncaa-to-prevent-trans-competitors-from-trampling-all-over-biological-women%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=1203135&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lia-Thompson-Penn-Athletics-Facebook-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Parents of female swimmers on the University of Pennsylvania swim team are calling on the NCAA to reform the rules regarding transgender competition to prevent biological females from being \u201cbumped out\u201d of competition.<\/p>\n<p>The parents vocalized their concerns and calls for change to Fox News after a home meet where the record-breaking transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas competed yet again.<\/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>\u201cIt starts with the NCAA,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/swimming-parents-speak-out-call-on-ncaa-to-review-rules-regarding-transgender-athletes-and-womens-sports\">said<\/a> the parents of one UPenn swimmer. \u201cI think the NCAA needs to change its policies and find a way to include transgender women without trampling all over biological women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPenn hosted Dartmouth College and Yale University at a swim meet Saturday,\u201d Fox News reported. \u201cThomas, a senior, won the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.73), the 500-yard freestyle (4:57.20), and finished fifth in the 100-yard freestyle (52.84).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that this is obviously an issue and they should probably just look at how they\u2019re going to handle it and maybe handle it better in the future because right now they\u2019re not handling it so well,\u201d said UPenn swimming parent Sue Feldman.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Thomas didn\u2019t just dominate \u2013 for the most part \u2013 this past weekend. But the senior from Texas also broke two national records at a meet last month.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his dominance in the water, the Ivy League and its member schools have voiced nothing but support for Thomas and given little or no mention of the female swimmers he\u2019s dominated.<\/p>\n<p>The Ivy League affirmed its \u201cunwavering commitment\u201d to providing an \u201cinclusive environment\u201d for Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past several years, Lia and the University of Pennsylvania worked with the NCAA to follow all of the appropriate protocols in order to comply with the NCAA policy on transgender athlete participation and compete on the Penn women\u2019s swimming and diving team. The Ivy League has adopted and applies the same NCAA policy,\u201d the conference said in a Thursday statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ivy League reaffirms its unwavering commitment to providing an inclusive environment for all student-athletes while condemning transphobia and discrimination in any form,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Ivy League releases the following statement of support regarding Penn&#8217;s Lia Thomas&#8217; participation on the women&#8217;s swimming and diving team. \ud83c\udf3f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wdEDW4ud5O\">pic.twitter.com\/wdEDW4ud5O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Ivy League (@IvyLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IvyLeague\/status\/1479165876007886852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe league welcomes her participation in the sport of women\u2019s swimming and diving and looks forward to celebrating the success of all of our student-athletes throughout the season,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Pennsylvania gave a similar statement of support.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement regarding our women\u2019s swimmer, Lia Thomas. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FightOnPenn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FightOnPenn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lvrnBbfeEr\">pic.twitter.com\/lvrnBbfeEr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Penn Quakers (@pennathletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pennathletics\/status\/1479165903652675598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Parents at UPenn aren\u2019t the only ones to voice concern over the unfair advantage enjoyed by Thomas. A parent of a Dartmouth swimmer told Fox, \u201cit\u2019s not fair to girls that have swum since they were 6 years old to compete\u2026for someone who had a chance at winning the Ivy League Championship and that dream is shattered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The parents of another Penn swimmer talked about how their daughter, who competes in the same events as Thomas, had been directly impacted by the trans swimmer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she came on to the team, she had dreams of maybe breaking some records, things like that and that may not be possible now,\u201d the parents said. \u201cAnd she\u2019s angry that she sees her friends being bumped from relays or a roster that travels to a meet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA has not said whether they intend to change any of the rules regarding transgender competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents of female swimmers on the University of Pennsylvania swim team are calling on the NCAA to reform the rules regarding transgender competition to prevent biological females from being \u201cbumped &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"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-1203135","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\/1203135","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\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203135\/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=1203135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1203135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1203135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}