{"id":1399208,"date":"2022-03-24T18:29:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399208"},"modified":"2022-03-24T18:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:29:48","slug":"marsha-blackburn-hits-ncaa-for-ignoring-female-swimmers-concerns-about-lia-thomas-its-beyond-hypocritical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marsha-blackburn-hits-ncaa-for-ignoring-female-swimmers-concerns-about-lia-thomas-its-beyond-hypocritical\/","title":{"rendered":"Marsha Blackburn Hits NCAA For Ignoring Female Swimmers\u2019 Concerns About Lia Thomas: \u2018It\u2019s Beyond Hypocritical\u2019"},"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\">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%2Fmarsha-blackburn-hits-ncaa-for-ignoring-female-swimmers-concerns-about-lia-thomas-its-beyond-hypocritical%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=1399208&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-24-at-4.57.32-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn slammed the NCAA on Thursday for failing to address the concerns of female swimmers who had to race a biological man during the NCAA Women\u2019s Swimming Championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllowing biological men to compete against biological women discourages future generations of female athletes,\u201d Blackburn said in a statement to The Daily Wire. \u201cThe Left argues they\u2019re the party that champions women\u2019s rights, but they refuse to address legitimate concerns and protect women in sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s beyond hypocritical, and it sends a message to young girls that their voices and successes do not matter,\u201d the senator added. \u201cWe owe it to our daughters to give them a fair opportunity at competing and winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee senator\u2019s comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ncaa-ignores-outcry-from-female-swimmers-over-biological-men-in-womens-sports\">follow 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>Thomas <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/multiple-women-beat-lia-thomas-in-womens-200-freestyle\/\">won first place<\/a> in the 500-yard freestyle, tied for fifth place in the 200-yard freestyle, and placed eighth in the 100-yard freestyle during the championships last weekend in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/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>Blackburn also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/im-not-a-biologist-supreme-court-nominee-says-she-cant-define-the-word-woman\">brought up<\/a> Thomas as the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust last week an entire generation of young girls watched as our taxpayer-funded institutions permitted a biological man to compete and beat a biological woman in the NCAA swimming championships,\u201d Blackburn said to Jackson, asking, \u201cWhat message do you think this sends to girls who aspire to compete and win in sports at the highest levels?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator, I\u2019m not sure what message that sends,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn, the only female Republican to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, also pressed Jackson to define the word \u201cwoman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you provide a definition for the word \u2018woman\u2019?\u201d Blackburn asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan I provide a definition?\u201d Jackson repeated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah,\u201d Blackburn said, to which Jackson replied, \u00a0\u201cI can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t?\u201d Blackburn asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot \u2014 in this context, I\u2019m not a biologist,\u201d Jackson laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you believe the meaning of the word \u2018woman\u2019 is so unclear and controversial that you can\u2019t give me a definition?\u201d Blackburn asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator, in my work as a judge, what I do is I address disputes,\u201d Jackson answered. \u201cIf there is a dispute about a definition, people make arguments and I look at the law and I decide, so \u2014 I\u2019m not \u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0fact that you can\u2019t give me a straight answer about something as fundamental as what a woman is underscores the dangers of the kind of progressive education that we are hearing about,\u201d Blackburn told the judge.<\/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. 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