{"id":1918015,"date":"2023-04-22T05:10:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T09:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-gm-shows-up-to-press-conference-wearing-shirt-about-women-and-girls-in-sports\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T05:12:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T09:12:38","slug":"nfl-gm-shows-up-to-press-conference-wearing-shirt-about-women-and-girls-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-gm-shows-up-to-press-conference-wearing-shirt-about-women-and-girls-in-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL GM Shows Up To Press Conference Wearing Shirt About \u2018Women And Girls\u2019 In Sports"},"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%2Fnfl-gm-shows-up-to-press-conference-wearing-shirt-about-women-and-girls-in-sports%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=1918015&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 class=\"p1\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a> general manager is making headlines after he showed up to a pre-draft press conference on Thursday and appeared to weigh in on the debate raging about trans-identifying male athletes competing against females in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The head of the Detroit Lions, Brad Holmes, stepped out wearing a black long-sleeve sweatshirt with a message across the front in white lettering that read, \u201cI support women and girls in sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Surprisingly, no member of the press in the room asked the GM about his sweatshirt or what message he was sending with it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/detroit-lions-gm-brad-holmes-stands-up-womens-sports-sweatshirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">OutKick<\/span><\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Detroit Lions GM Brad Holmes wore a &#8216;Support Women and Girls in Sports&#8217; sweatshirt during a press conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes is fighting the good fight and standing up for women&#8217;s sports.\ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G3tmwSEYa9\">https:\/\/t.co\/G3tmwSEYa9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OutKick (@Outkick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Outkick\/status\/1649377439657922561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sports commentators at the outlet and in Michigan tweeted out images of the Lions GM\u2019s shirt and praised Holmes for speaking out for women in sports amid constant stories about trans-identifying male athletes crushing females in various women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBoom! Love it,\u201d OutKick\u2019s Clay Travis tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boom! Love it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mTCFupzs35\">https:\/\/t.co\/mTCFupzs35<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1649232472545140736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLeadership starts at the top,\u201d Michigan Sports Network Huge Show tweeted. \u201cLions GM Brad Holmes wears a shirt to his press conference in support of Women and Girls in sports. He\u2019s a dad with a daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leadership starts at the top. <\/p>\n<p>Lions GM Brad Holmes wears a shirt to his  press conference in support of Women and Girls in sports. <\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a dad with a daughter. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LEF9CVgQH7\">pic.twitter.com\/LEF9CVgQH7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HUGE (@Hugeshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hugeshow\/status\/1649399938453782528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Michigan sportswriter Dave Birkett tweeted, \u201cLions GM Brad Holmes always rocking a hoodie with a message: Today: \u2018Support Women and Girls in Sports.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lions GM Brad Holmes always rocking a hoodie with a message: Today: \u201cSupport Women and Girls in Sports\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bz978faCio\">pic.twitter.com\/Bz978faCio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davebirkett\/status\/1649050848759283718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Former swimming champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/riley-gaines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">Riley Gaines<\/span><\/a> also tweeted the photo in a post that has since gone viral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBrad Holmes, general manager for the Detroit Lions, sending a message at the pre-draft press conference,\u201d Gaines wrote. \u201c\u2018I support women and girls in sports.\u2019 Amazing!!! Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brad Holmes, general manager for the Detroit Lions, sending a message at the pre-draft press conference. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I support women and girls in sports&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Amazing!!! Thank you\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bq5lJIFyrL\">pic.twitter.com\/bq5lJIFyrL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1649214665136717824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Gaines has made headlines for speaking out against making females compete against males in sports. She is a former University of Kentucky star who was deprived of an NCAA award by trans-identifying swimmer Lia Thomas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Thursday, she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1648892612709953537?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> out a clip of North Carolina high school female volleyball star Payton McNabb speaking to legislators in the state after she was severely injured by a trans-identifying male player in a game, suffering a concussion and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWatch the clip of Payton McNabb getting spiked in the face by a male competing with the women,\u201d Gaines tweeted. \u201cThen watch her testimony she gave today for the first time publicly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI was honored to stand alongside her in NC to continue the fight to protect women\u2019s sports,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Related: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/this-s-has-to-stop-comedian-rob-schneider-says-stop-making-girls-compete-against-trans-identifying-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u2018This S*** Has To Stop\u2019: Comedian Rob Schneider Says Stop Making Girls Compete Against Trans-Identifying Men<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An NFL general manager is making headlines after he showed up to a pre-draft press conference on Thursday and appeared to weigh in on the debate raging about trans-identifying male athletes competing against females in women\u2019s sports. 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