{"id":2187097,"date":"2024-02-26T17:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T22:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vermont-girls-coach-defends-decision-to-forfeit-game-over-transgender-player-boys-just-play-at-a-different-speed\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T17:59:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T22:59:02","slug":"vermont-girls-coach-defends-decision-to-forfeit-game-over-transgender-player-boys-just-play-at-a-different-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vermont-girls-coach-defends-decision-to-forfeit-game-over-transgender-player-boys-just-play-at-a-different-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Girls\u2019 Coach Defends Decision To Forfeit Game Over Transgender Player: \u2018Boys Just Play At A Different Speed\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\">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%2Fvermont-girls-coach-defends-decision-to-forfeit-game-over-transgender-player-boys-just-play-at-a-different-speed%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=2187097&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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Vermont high school girls basketball coach on Monday slammed a decision to ban his team from competition after he forfeited a game last year over another team\u2019s transgender player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mid-Vermont Christian School coach Chris Goodwin defended his decision to forfeit a playoff game in February 2023 against Long Trail School. Goodwin said the participation of a biological male on the other team was too dangerous to his own girls to allow the game to go forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve got four daughters. I\u2019ve coached them all at one point in their careers playing high school basketball. I\u2019ve also filled in for the boy\u2019s coach when he can\u2019t make a practice, and I run those practices, and boys just play at a different speed, a different force \u2026 than the girls play,\u201d Goodwin told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/vermont-girls-basketball-team-banned-play-forfeiting-game-team-transgender-player\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fox News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAfter discussions with the administration and our players and parents, we decided that instead of going against our religious beliefs that \u2026 there are differences between male and female, we are created differently, we decided to forfeit that game and withdraw from the tournament,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd at that point, the state of Vermont governing body kicked us out of all athletic competitions in the state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Goodwin sat alongside Alliance Defending Freedom attorney Ryan Tucker, who is representing Mid-Vermont Christian School in a lawsuit against the Vermont Principals\u2019 Association (VPA)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe state is basically attempting to purge individuals like Chris and other family members in the state, from public discourse, from the ability \u2026 to speak out \u2026 on issues of significant, public concern,\u201d Tucker said, according to Fox News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The VPA sent a letter to the school in March that said Goodwin\u2019s decision to forfeit the game did \u201cnot meet the expectations\u201d of VPA policies on inclusivity and \u201cgender identity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The head of school at Mid-Vermont Christian, Vicky Fogg, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/14\/us\/mid-vermont-christian-school-transgender-athlete-ineligible-future-activities\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">defended<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the school\u2019s decision in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe withdrew from the tournament because we believe playing against an opponent with a biological male jeopardizes the fairness of the game and the safety of our players,\u201d Fogg said. \u201cAllowing biological males to participate in women\u2019s sports sets a bad precedent for the future of women\u2019s sports in general.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last week, the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell girls basketball team <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13105605\/Trans-basketball-high-school-game-injury-forfeit-Massachusetts.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">forfeited<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a game mid-way through after three of its players were reportedly injured by a transgender player on the other team. Video of the game showed one injury that a girl sustained after she and the transgender player wrestled for the ball on the court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe bench was already depleted going into the game with the 12-player roster having four players unable to play,\u201d a school representative said in a statement explaining the decision to forfeit the game. \u201cWhen the coach saw three more go down in the first half leaving him with five players, he made the call to end the game early. The upcoming Charter School playoffs were looming, and he needed a healthy and robust bench in four days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Vermont high school girls basketball coach on Monday slammed a decision to ban his team from competition after he forfeited a game last year over another team\u2019s transgender player. Mid-Vermont Christian School coach Chris Goodwin defended his decision to forfeit a playoff game in February 2023 against Long Trail School. 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