{"id":2186492,"date":"2024-02-26T06:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T11:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ncaa-willfully-enables-the-next-lia-thomas\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T06:59:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T11:59:08","slug":"ncaa-willfully-enables-the-next-lia-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ncaa-willfully-enables-the-next-lia-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Supports the Next Lia Thomas"},"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\">12<\/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-willfully-enables-the-next-lia-thomas%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=2186492&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><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) women\u2019s swimming championships \u2062at the University of Maryland last weekend gave\u2063 pro-trans media outlet Outsports \u200ba headline to celebrate: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsports.com\/2024\/2\/20\/24078009\/njac-cortez-field-ramapo-swimming-d3-championships\">Trans\u200d swimmer Meghan Cortez-Fields ends college career on the podium<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Controversy Surrounds Transgender Swimmer&#8217;s Success<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Most Americans continue to react\u200b in disgust to another\u2062 photo of a smiling male standing proudly with a women\u2019s medal, and the first \u201cout trans\u201d to stand on an NCAA podium since University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Lia Thomas in \u20642022.\u00a0It\u2019s only evidence of the insanity\u2062 that continues to infect the wide \u200dworld of women\u2019s sports. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-287109979\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1de6c91c2b9d335fb2036191581663c4 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1de6c91c2b9d335fb2036191581663c4\"><\/div>\n<p>This year, New Jersey\u2019s Ramapo College, an NCAA Division III institution, moved\u2062 Cortez-Fields to the women\u2019s\u200b roster after he swam three years on \u2064its men\u2019s team. From the opening of the season, Cortez-Fields brought glory to the fledgling program, clocking new school \u2064record times in the 100-yard butterfly, 50-yard freestyle, and 200-yard individual medley.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"wPWo9iOgdktzs4gnUpb5MbrJq1N5kfzITl3xRGcZesEXVNxfAqcnuK1EI87atZWi0\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ramapo College swimmer in\u200d NJ goes from less than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-there-isnt-enough-science-to-say-biological-males-have-athletic-advantage-over-females\/\" title=\"NPR: There Isn\u2019t Enough Science to Say Biological Males Have Athletic Advantage Over Females\">mediocre male swimmer<\/a> to a record smasher competing \u200cagainst the women. \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Hm, where have we seen this before? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveWomensSports?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveWomensSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4py4cHokkJ\">pic.twitter.com\/4py4cHokkJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1726263270565417233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Cortez-Fields was quick to credit Thomas with \u2062inspiration. Like Thomas, Cortez-Fields is a fully intact male who went through puberty. No\u2063 amount of hormone suppression will negate \u2064that advantage in women\u2019s sport, \u2064even if \u200dlacking in technique.     <\/p>\n<p>Facing pushback early in the season, Ramapo College \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/trans-swimmer-breaks-nj-college-record-switching-mens-team-womens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> it was just playing by National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules.\u200c It was also \u200cgiving a very mediocre male \u200cswimmer the chance to improve its dismal conference standing in a women\u2019s sport.   <\/p>\n<p>New Jersey suffers\u200d from the same regional\u2064 wokeism as Pennsylvania and other Northeast schools. No New England state has passed \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utahs-republican-governor-vows-to-veto-trans-sports-ban\/\" title=\"Utah's Republican (?) Governor Vows to Veto Trans Sports Ban\">law protecting female athletes<\/a> in their own sports in contrast to the <a href=\"https:\/\/concernedwomen.org\/states-act-to-protect-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">24 states \u2063that have in other regions<\/a> across the U.S.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cebebc4912c7f78f16348bbfc25bc19d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cebebc4912c7f78f16348bbfc25bc19d\"><\/div>\n<p>Cortez-Fields exits the stage with the glory of standing on the podium and\u2062 wearing a medal in the women\u2019s category \u2014 something that \u2063never would have happened \u2062on the men\u2019s side. \u2064In the process, many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-feds-misquoted-scotus-to-force-states-to-let-men-in-girls-restrooms\/\" title=\"Judge: Feds Misquoted SCOTUS to Force States to Let Men in Girls' Restrooms\">female student athletes<\/a> are left\u200b disillusioned and deprived of equal opportunities for success. Every event raced, every \u2064record broken, every final entered, and every medal \u200creceived by Cortez-Fields displaced a\u2062 female athlete and became\u2064 a lost opportunity for a female swimmer. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the NCAA  sits idly\u200d by pushing the \u201crules\u201d Ramapo claims, and willfully ignoring the effect of how even one trans-identifying male athlete multiplies discrimination against women. <\/p>\n<p>The Women\u2019s Sports Policy Working Group compiled data to demonstrate just how far the consequences reach.\u2062 From 2017-2020, two Connecticut \u200btrans-identifying males participating in high school girls\u2019 track resulted in female sprinters being <a href=\"https:\/\/womenssportspolicy.org\/253-male-victories-in-female-sports\/\">denied<\/a> 93 individual or relay \u200bchampionships,\u00a052 advancements to a\u2062 championship meet, 39 opportunities to advance to finals, 17 all-New England honors, and 11 meet records.\u00a0Twenty-three girls were denied the Connecticut State Open team championship.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t need \u2064a law\u2063 degree to understand how forcing a \u201ctrans inclusion\u201d agenda that falls squarely on the backs of women \u2062athletes is nothing short of sex discrimination and should be a violation of Title IX.\u00a0So why are female athletes tied up in court\u200b trying to prove their case? <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-defed632f547185474e5e66fab8fa1f7 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-defed632f547185474e5e66fab8fa1f7\"><\/div>\n<p>Even in the wake of Lia Thomas, the NCAA has \u2064doubled down in defending its discriminatory \u2062policy. \u2063The allegedly \u200cRepublican President Charlie Baker\u2064 has publicly refused to \u2064consider reversing the 14-year \u201ctransgender athlete participation policy\u201d when questioned\u2064 by lawmakers on Capitol Hill. <\/p>\n<p>The\u200c effects \u200don young female athletes are only mounting as daily \u200cmedia feeds will attest \u2014 particularly at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/s-d-gov-noem-rejects-transgender-sports-bill-sends-back-for-lawmakers-to-revise\/\" title=\"S.D. Gov. Noem rejects transgender sports bill, sends back for lawmakers to revise\">high school level<\/a> where\u2064 girl athletes are \u200dlosing out and \u2062getting injured \u200cby trans-identifying male athletes taking spots on girls\u2019 teams. <\/p>\n<p>Recently an NCAA \u200cDivision I Committee member issued \u2063the ultimate protest against the\u2062 NCAA\u2019s injustice by resigning his position. In a letter to Baker, William \u200cBock stated,\u2064 \u201cThe NCAA\u2019s so-called, \u2018Transgender Student-Athlete Participation Policy\u2019 is nothing less\u2062 than institutionalized discrimination which results in sanctioned cheating. \u2026\u2064 The NCAA cannot succeed\u200c in \u200dachieving ethical sport so long as it endorses \u2062a policy of discrimination against female student-athletes.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p>Veteran sportscaster Bob\u2063 Costas also made\u2064 news pushing back against the transgender orthodoxy \u200cencouraging Lia Thomas to sue international governing bodies for the chance to compete in this year\u2019s Olympic trials. \u201cIt\u2019s \u2063not transphobic to \u200bsay, \u2018Let\u2019s\u2062 inject some\u2064 common sense here,\u2019\u201d\u2062 Costas told Bill Maher.\u00a0He went on to compare \u200ctrans-identifying male advantage in women\u2019s sports to a heavyweight\u2063 boxer competing\u2064 in the welterweight division.  <\/p>\n<p>The NCAA bears\u200d responsibility for enabling this trans-jectory\u2064 in women\u2019s college \u2063sports, which it\u2019s now forcing into overtime. Institutional discrimination against women athletes has no place\u200c in our\u2062 society, so why are\u200c the NCAA and\u200d member institutions like Ramapo College getting away with it?  <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9e1ae7d3cbff79b20803956c89437827 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9e1ae7d3cbff79b20803956c89437827\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How has the NCAA responded to the concerns raised about the inclusion of transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Controversy Surrounds Transgender Swimmer&#8217;s Success<\/p>\n<p>The recent New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) women\u2019s swimming championships\u200c at the \u2064University of Maryland showcased transgender swimmer Meghan \u200dCortez-Fields&#8217; achievements, which has ignited a heated debate around the inclusion of transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports. Pro-trans media outlet Outsports celebrated Cortez-Fields&#8217; success with a headline proclaiming her end to her college career on the podium.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200bmany Americans\u2064 reacted with disgust to a photo\u2063 of a smiling male\u2064 standing proudly with \u2063a\u200b women\u2019s medal. This represents \u200bthe latest instance in a growing trend of\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlyn-jenner-comes-out-in-support-of-path-to-citizenship-for-californias-illegal-aliens\/\" title=\"Caitlyn Jenner Comes Out In Support Of \u2018Path To Citizenship\u2019 For California\u2019s Illegal Aliens\">transgender athletes participating<\/a> in women&#8217;s sports,\u200b which has raised concerns among proponents of\u2064 fair competition.<\/p>\n<p>Cortez-Fields, who\u200b spent three years swimming on Ramapo College&#8217;s men&#8217;s team, was transferred to the women&#8217;s \u2064roster this\u200b year. She quickly made\u2063 an impact,\u200b breaking\u2063 school records in various events. This \u200bmove has sparked controversy,\u200b with critics arguing that allowing a fully intact male who has gone through puberty to compete against\u2064 females provides an \u200cunfair advantage, regardless of any \u200dhormone suppression treatments \u200dthe athlete may undergo.<\/p>\n<p>Ramapo College claimed that \u2063it was simply abiding by the \u200bNational \u2062Collegiate Athletic\u200b Association (NCAA) rules and hoped to improve \u200dits standing in the conference. However,\u2064 this decision has left many female student \u200bathletes disillusioned, as they feel \u2064their opportunities for success are \u200bbeing taken away \u2062by male athletes.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey,\u2063 like other Northeast states, has been\u200d characterized by regional wokeism, with no state in the New England\u2062 region passing laws to protect female athletes in their own sports. In contrast, 24 \u2064states in other regions across the U.S. have implemented such laws to safeguard fair competition.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that Cortez-Fields&#8217; achievements in women&#8217;s sports come at the\u2064 expense of female athletes, as\u2062 every race she participated in displaced a\u2062 female athlete and deprived them of\u200b the opportunity to succeed. The Women\u2019s Sports Policy Working Group \u200bhas compiled data showing similar consequences in the case of two\u2064 trans-identifying males participating\u200b in high school girls&#8217;\u200d track in Connecticut. Female sprinters were denied numerous\u2062 championships, advancements, and opportunities for recognition, highlighting the need to address this issue in order \u2063to ensure fairness for female athletes.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA, meanwhile, has been criticized for not adequately addressing the concerns raised by the \u200cinclusion of transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports. Many argue that the current approach, which\u200c prioritizes \u2063inclusivity over\u200d fair competition, \u2062leads to discrimination against women and violates Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the success\u200b of transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports continues to be a contentious topic,\u2064 with strong arguments from both \u2063sides. While celebrating inclusivity and recognizing transgender individuals&#8217; right \u200bto participate, it is crucial to ensure a level playing field for all athletes\u200d and protect the opportunities\u200c and achievements of\u2062 female athletes. Striking\u2062 the right balance between inclusion \u200dand fairness remains a challenge that needs to be addressed at both the collegiate and national level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NJAC women&#8217;s swimming championships at the University of Maryland concluded Meghan Cortez-Fields&#8217; college career on a positive note. 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