{"id":1204364,"date":"2022-01-10T10:50:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T15:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204364"},"modified":"2022-01-10T10:50:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T15:50:22","slug":"parents-of-penn-swimmers-want-ncaa-to-review-rules-on-transgender-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-of-penn-swimmers-want-ncaa-to-review-rules-on-transgender-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents Of Penn Swimmers Want NCAA To Review Rules On Transgender Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fparents-of-penn-swimmers-want-ncaa-to-review-rules-on-transgender-athletes%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=1204364&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>Parents of female swimmers on the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s swim team are calling on the NCAA to review its rules regarding transgender athletes in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>Several parents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/swimming-parents-speak-out-call-on-ncaa-to-review-rules-regarding-transgender-athletes-and-womens-sports\">told<\/a> Fox News that they were concerned with the situation facing their daughters after transgender athlete Lia Thomas shattered two national records and competed in the school\u2019s last home meet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt starts with the NCAA,\u201d the parents of a Penn swimmer told the outlet, adding \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>Sue Feldman, another parent of a swimmer, told the outlet: \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<\/p>\n<p>At Penn\u2019s last home meet, which included swimmers competing from Dartmouth College and Yale University, Thomas won the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle but came in fifth in the 100-yard freestyle, behind Iszack Henig, a biological female claiming to be a man. As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trans-man-beats-trans-woman-at-ivy-league-womens-swim-meet\">reported<\/a>, parents at the meet claimed Thomas seemed to be \u201ccoasting\u201d and \u201cbarely trying\u201d when winning the first race.<\/p>\n<p>After winning the 50-yard freestyle, Henig reportedly went topless despite competing as a woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t prepared for that. Everything is messed up. I can\u2019t wrap my head around this. The NCAA needs to do something about this. They need to put science into the decision and discussion,\u201d one parent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10382019\/Trans-UPenn-swimmer-Lia-Thomas-wins-200m-freestyle-race-two-seconds.html\">told<\/a> the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHenig is allowed to swim against women because the Yale swimmer has not undergone transgender hormone treatment. Henig clarified that explanation further in a 2021 opinion column,\u201d The Daily Wire reported.<\/p>\n<p>The parent of a Dartmouth swimmer told Fox that \u201cthe fact that it\u2019s gotten so much attention, it needs to be looked at more closely by the NCAA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several parents told the outlet they sympathized with Thomas and the biological women competing:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI feel like she followed all the rules that she\u2019s supposed to follow\u201d Feldman said, adding that she \u201cempathizes with the other girls that are playing against her.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Dartmouth swimming parent said he felt for Thomas, but \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<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Similarly, parents of the Penn women\u2019s swimmer told Fox News they \u201chave nothing against Lia personally\u201d but felt for their daughter who had been \u201caffected directly\u201d since she swims the same events and had been \u201cbumped out\u201d of her spot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\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 told Fox News. \u201cAnd she\u2019s angry that she sees her friends being bumped from relays or a roster that travels to a meet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/unwavering-commitment-ivy-league-announces-support-of-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-ahead-of-next-meet\">reported<\/a>, the Ivy League conference stood by Thomas, stating that it \u201creaffirms its unwavering commitment to providing an inclusive environment for all student-athletes while condemning transphobia and discrimination in any form.\u201d<\/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>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents of female swimmers on the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s swim team are calling on the NCAA to review its rules regarding transgender athletes in women\u2019s sports. 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