{"id":1832680,"date":"2023-02-02T11:20:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1832680"},"modified":"2023-02-02T11:28:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T16:28:41","slug":"ncaa-all-american-swimmer-riley-gaines-calls-out-the-ncaa-says-men-competing-in-womens-sports-is-a-mockery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ncaa-all-american-swimmer-riley-gaines-calls-out-the-ncaa-says-men-competing-in-womens-sports-is-a-mockery\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA All-American Swimmer Riley Gaines Calls Out the NCAA, Says Men Competing in Women\u2019s Sports Is \u201cA Mockery\u201d"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fncaa-all-american-swimmer-riley-gaines-calls-out-the-ncaa-says-men-competing-in-womens-sports-is-a-mockery%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=1832680&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-->\n<p>12x All-American swimmer Riley Gaines is continuing to stand up for the integrity of women\u2019s sports, this time publishing an op-ed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/12x-ncaa-all-american-swimmer-female-athletes-compete-basis-sex-not-gender\">Fox News<\/a> in time for National Girls and Women in Sports Day and she doesn\u2019t hold back from her view that men have no place competing against women.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8403 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-11.31.46-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-11.31.46-AM.png 1300w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-11.31.46-AM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-11.31.46-AM-768x429-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-11.31.46-AM-750x419-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-11.31.46-AM-1200x670-1.png 1200w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riley Gaines via NewsChannel5 YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMales are hurdling themselves forward in national rankings stealing scholarships, titles, and opportunities from women who have worked their whole lives for those accomplishments,\u201d Gaines.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines&#8217; closest competitor was biological male Lia Thomas (born). \u201cWill\u201d) during the NCAA championship in 2022. Thomas originally competed against men. His ranking went up from 462nd among men to 462nd when he pretending to be a female to compete against female swimmers. Thomas won a national title one year after he made the decision to pretend to be female.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines described it as a joke, along with the fact that he was nominated by the NCAA for NCAA Woman of the Year by the University of Pennsylvania. She wrote, \u201cAs if this didn\u2019t make enough of a mockery of women\u2019s sports, UPenn and the NCAA went on to nominate Thomas for NCAA Woman of the Year, the most prestigious award for collegiate female athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8406\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8406 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.04.17-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1398\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.04.17-PM.png 1398w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.04.17-PM-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.04.17-PM-1340x811-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.04.17-PM-768x465-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.04.17-PM-750x454-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.04.17-PM-1200x726-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lia Thomas via ESPN YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/08\/womens-swimming-champ-riley-gaines-shoots-down-lie-that-she-tried-to-dodge-a-kiss-from-president-trump\/\">Women\u2019s Swim Champ Riley Gaines Defeats a Lie She Tried to Tell \u2018Dodge A Kiss\u2019 From President Trump<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gaines, who has been outspoken on this topic for more than a year now, having become one of the few female athletes brave enough to speak out against the LGBTQ+ attempt to erase biological sex from sports entirely, stressed that the inclusion of transgender athletes in women\u2019s sports has consequences outside of just the games themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are life-long skills that present unique advantages contributing greatly to success within careers and relationships,\u201d Gaines continued. \u201cErnst and Young found that 94% of women holding senior leadership positions (CEO, CFO, etc.) within a company were involved in sports demonstrating that this participation can propel them to success unrelated to athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8405 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.01.57-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1382\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.01.57-PM.png 1382w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.01.57-PM-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.01.57-PM-1340x826-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.01.57-PM-768x473-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.01.57-PM-750x462-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.01.57-PM-1200x740-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Trump and Riley Gaines via Howard Mortman YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/07\/actual-woman-wins-ncaas-woman-of-the-year-award-over-transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas\/\">Actual Woman Wins NCAA\u2019s Woman Of The Year Award Over Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Gaines had to point out that to state facts such as these and to defend a woman\u2019s right to compete against other women in women\u2019s sports comes with a social consequence.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote \u201cGirls are reluctant to use their voices due to fear of retaliation. They are told they will never get a job or into a graduate program if they speak out. They are told their school has already made their stances for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are emotionally blackmailed into thinking they are wrong for being uncomfortable undressing in front of a naked man,\u201d She went on. \u201cIn this instance, the concerned female athletes are the ones referred to counseling at the LGBTQ+ education center on campus so they can learn of the oppression these trans-athletes face.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8409 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.08.55-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1606\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.08.55-PM.png 1606w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.08.55-PM-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.08.55-PM-1340x716-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.08.55-PM-768x410-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.08.55-PM-480x256-1.png 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.08.55-PM-600x320-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.08.55-PM-750x401-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.08.55-PM-1200x641-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riley Gaines via Huckabee at TBN YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gaines closed her arguments stating that women\u2019s sports will only be defended when people decide to finally take a firm stand against this attempt to diminish the work of real women and their accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not give up the awards we have earned simply to validate the feelings and identity of a male. There is no equity, sportsmanship, fairness, or opportunities for women to succeed at an elite level without sex-based categories.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Riley-Gaines-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines-768x410-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines-480x256-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines-600x320-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines-750x401-1.jpg 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riley Gaines via Kentucky Wildcats TV YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article>\n<div class=\"views-article-body articlePage_body-DS-EntryPoint1-1\">\n<p>Do you agree or disagree with Gaines? Leave a comment below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><strong>NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/riley-gaines-testifies-that-ncaa-allowed-man-to-expose-himself-to-her-at-swimming-championships-denounces-biden-administration\/\">Riley Gaines attests that NCAA permitted man to expose himself during the Swimming Championships.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12x All-American swimmer Riley Gaines is continuing to stand up for the integrity of women\u2019s sports, this time publishing an op-ed at Fox News in time for National Girls and Women in Sports Day and she doesn\u2019t hold back from her view that men have no place competing against women. 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