{"id":1399203,"date":"2022-03-24T18:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399203"},"modified":"2022-03-24T18:29:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:29:40","slug":"feminist-group-condemns-ncaa-for-ignoring-pleas-of-female-swimmers-shielding-trans-swimmer-who-didnt-do-particularly-well-in-mens-swimming-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feminist-group-condemns-ncaa-for-ignoring-pleas-of-female-swimmers-shielding-trans-swimmer-who-didnt-do-particularly-well-in-mens-swimming-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Feminist Group Condemns NCAA For Ignoring Pleas Of Female Swimmers, Shielding Trans Swimmer \u2018Who Didn\u2019t Do Particularly Well In Men\u2019s Swimming Competitions\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\">44<\/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%2Ffeminist-group-condemns-ncaa-for-ignoring-pleas-of-female-swimmers-shielding-trans-swimmer-who-didnt-do-particularly-well-in-mens-swimming-competitions%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=1399203&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>A feminist organization is condemning the NCAA for staying silent amid a national controversy over the inclusion of a biologically male athlete in the recent NCAA Women\u2019s Swimming Championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply disappointed by the NCAA\u2019s promotion and celebration of a male athlete over the wellbeing of female athletes during the past few months,\u201d Mahri Irvine, the executive director of the Women\u2019s Liberation Front (WoLF), said in a Thursday afternoon statement to The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>WoLF weighed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ncaa-ignores-outcry-from-female-swimmers-over-biological-men-in-womens-sports\">following a Daily Wire report<\/a> exposing the NCAA\u2019s silence as fathers, swimmers, and members of the public protest the inclusion of Lia Thomas, a biologically male athlete, in female races.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA has not responded to many requests for comment from The Daily Wire, despite highly publicized calls for action from Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy and University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines \u2014 both of whom competed against Thomas and suffered for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLia Thomas has been portrayed by the NCAA as a woman who legitimately deserves to compete in women\u2019s sports,\u201d Irvine said. \u201cHowever, nothing could be further from the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WoLF executive director pointed to the fact that Thomas, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-slated-to-win-womens-500-free-by-almost-3-seconds\">won<\/a> the 500 freestyle last Thursday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/multiple-women-beat-lia-thomas-in-womens-200-freestyle\">tied for fifth<\/a> in the 200 freestyle Friday evening, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/marked-by-simmering-resentment-over-biologically-male-trans-swimmer-ncaa-womens-swimming-championships-conclude\">placed eighth<\/a> in the 100 freestyle, formerly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pennathletics.com\/sports\/mens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/lia-thomas\/19457\">raced with men<\/a> for three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLia is a man who didn\u2019t do particularly well in men\u2019s swimming competitions,\u201d Irvine said. \u201cThis man decided to say that he is a woman in order to gain access to women\u2019s sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WoLF is disappointed not just by the NCAA\u2019s \u201csilent treatment toward female athletes,\u201d Irvine said. The organization is also \u201cgravely concerned that the NCAA has chosen to engage in gaslighting of our entire country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all know that Lia Thomas is male, and we all know that the NCAA is engaging in psychological manipulation of athletes, coaches, sports fans, and the general public,\u201d the WoLF executive director continued.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_358867\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-358867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ATLANTA, GA \u2013 MARCH 18: University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas and Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines react after finishing tied for 5th in the 200 Freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that the NCAA will somehow find the courage to admit that it has made serious errors in judgment related to this issue,\u201d she added. \u201cWe hope that someday, the NCAA will actually start supporting female athletes instead of devaluing them and psychologically manipulating them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire also reached out to a slew of women\u2019s advocacy groups for this story, including the Women\u2019s March, Ultra Violet, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Emily\u2019s List, the National Women\u2019s Law Center, and the Center for Reproductive Rights.<\/p>\n<p>Ultra Violet declined to weigh in on the matter, while the rest of the organizations remained silent.<\/p>\n<p>Gyorgy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/that-final-spot-was-taken-from-me-because-of-the-ncaas-decision-swimmer-unleashes-on-ncaa-for-allowing-a-biological-male-in-her-race\">placed<\/a> 17th in the 500 freestyle, meaning that she did not make it back to the finals, and was a first alternate. Had Thomas, a biological male, not participated, Gyorgy would have made it to the finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m writing this letter right now in hopes that the NCAA will open their eyes and change these rules in the future,\u201d she wrote in a letter to the NCAA that she released Sunday. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t promote our sport in a good way and I think it is disrespectful against the biologically female swimmers who are competing in the NCAA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-left-there-with-no-trophy-ncaa-female-swimmer-who-tied-for-fifth-with-trans-athlete-says-officials-put-lia-thomas-ahead-of-her\">competed<\/a> in the women\u2019s 200 freestyle and tied for fifth place with Thomas. In an interview with The Daily Wire, she revealed that she\u00a0was made to hold the sixth place trophy during award ceremony pictures, while Thomas was given the fifth place trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The swimmer believes that the NCAA was \u201ctrying to save face\u201d in elevating Thomas in this situation, telling The Daily Wire that\u00a0the experience was \u201cdisheartening\u201d and that she \u201cleft the pool with no trophy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho are we trying to protect here,\u201d she questioned, \u201cand who are we trying to fight for here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA Board of Governors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/news\/2022\/1\/19\/media-center-board-of-governors-updates-transgender-participation-policy.aspx\">updated<\/a>\u00a0its transgender participation policy in January, requiring transgender athletes to document \u201csport-specific\u201d testosterone levels within their sport\u2019s approved range at the beginning of the season and ahead of championship selections.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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