{"id":1221416,"date":"2022-01-18T07:52:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T12:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1221416"},"modified":"2022-01-18T07:52:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T12:52:21","slug":"michael-phelps-weighs-in-on-collegiate-transgender-swimmer-needs-to-be-an-even-playing-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-phelps-weighs-in-on-collegiate-transgender-swimmer-needs-to-be-an-even-playing-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Phelps Weighs In On Collegiate Transgender Swimmer: Needs To Be \u2018An Even Playing Field\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\">30<\/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%2Fmichael-phelps-weighs-in-on-collegiate-transgender-swimmer-needs-to-be-an-even-playing-field%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=1221416&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>Legendary American Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps weighed in on the growing controversy surrounding a transgender swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania by saying that he wants everyone to complete on a even playing field.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour brought up the situation involving&nbsp;University of Pennsylvania College swimmer by the name of Lia Thomas, saying that Thomas has been \u201cobviously doing exceptionally well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you make of this particular situation?\u201d Amanpour asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, look, like, I will say I can talk from a standpoint of doping, I don\u2019t think I have competed in a clean field in my entire career,\u201d Phelps said. \u201cSo, I think this leads back to the organizing committees again, because it has to be a level playing field. I think that\u2019s something that we all need, because it\u2019s \u2014 like, that\u2019s what sports are. And, for me, I don\u2019t know where this is going to go. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen. I believe that we all should feel comfortable with who we are in our own skin. But I think sports should all be played an even playing field. I don\u2019t know what that looks like in the future. But it\u2019s hard. It\u2019s a really \u2014 honestly, I don\u2019t know what to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very complicated,\u201d he concluded. \u201cAnd this is my sport. This has been my sport my whole entire career. And I \u2014 honestly, the one thing I would love is everybody to be able to compete on an even playing field. That\u2019s all I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reacting to ongoing debate over trans college athlete Lia Thomas competing on the women\u2019s swimming team, \u201cit\u2019s very complicated,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelPhelps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MichaelPhelps<\/a>. \u201cWe all should feel comfortable with who we are in our own skin. But I think sports should be played on an even playing field.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/brsq7t2vJW\">pic.twitter.com\/brsq7t2vJW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amanpour\/status\/1481699475441819652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s Ashe Schow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/usa-swimming-official-quits-in-protest-of-lia-thomas-everything-fair-about-swimming-is-being-destroyed\">reported<\/a> last month that 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 shattered women\u2019s swimming records by massive amounts while many continue to claim transgender women have no biological advantage over women.<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Millen, who has officiated swimming competitions for 30 years, told the Washington Times, \u201cI can\u2019t do this; I can\u2019t support this.\u201d<\/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,\u201d Millen said. \u201cEverything fair about swimming is being destroyed.\u201d<\/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,\u201d Millen said. \u201cLia cannot compete against those women because that\u2019s not fair.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/em><\/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 <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary American Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps weighed in on the growing controversy surrounding a transgender swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania by saying that he wants everyone to complete on a even playing field. 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