{"id":2214477,"date":"2024-04-06T14:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T18:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-of-top-womens-college-basketball-team-says-men-should-play-against-females-if-you-consider-yourself-a-woman\/"},"modified":"2024-04-06T14:55:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T18:55:16","slug":"coach-of-top-womens-college-basketball-team-says-men-should-play-against-females-if-you-consider-yourself-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-of-top-womens-college-basketball-team-says-men-should-play-against-females-if-you-consider-yourself-a-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach of a leading women&#8217;s college basketball team advocates for men to compete against women if they identify as female"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fcoach-of-top-womens-college-basketball-team-says-men-should-play-against-females-if-you-consider-yourself-a-woman%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=2214477&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>South \u200dCarolina\u2064 women\u2019s basketball coach Dawn Staley expressed support \u2063for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-americans-now-say-trans-athletes-should-compete-on-team-of-biological-sex-gallup-poll\/\" title=\"Gallup Poll: More Americans support trans athletes competing on teams based on biological sex.\">trans-identifying athletes playing<\/a> in women&#8217;s sports if they identify\u2064 as \u200dwomen. Staley&#8217;s stance sparked \u2064debate after South Carolina&#8217;s win,\u2064 propelling\u200d them to the national championship game against Iowa. With a perfect \u200bseason \u200bso far, the team faces\u200d Iowa and\u200c standout Caitlyn Clark this Sunday in a highly anticipated match. South Carolina women\u2019s basketball coach Dawn Staley&#8217;s endorsement of trans-identifying athletes participating in women&#8217;s sports has \u200dignited discussions. Following \u2064South Carolina&#8217;s victory, they advance to the national championship game against Iowa, maintaining a \u2064flawless\u200d season. The upcoming game\u2062 against Iowa, featuring standout \u200dplayer Caitlyn \u200dClark,\u2062 is eagerly \u2062anticipated and scheduled for\u2064 this Sunday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Dawn Staley, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-celebrates-natl-law-enforcement-appreciation-day\/\" title=\"Country celebrates Nat\u2019l Law Enforcement Appreciation Day\">head coach<\/a> of the undefeated South Carolina women\u2019s basketball team, said on Saturday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/injured-high-school-volleyball-player-reacts-to-congresswoman-saying-trans-identifying-males-dont-hurt-anyone\/\" title=\"High school volleyball player responds to Congresswoman's statement on transgender individuals causing harm\">trans-identifying players<\/a> should be allowed to participate against women as long as they \u201cconsider\u201d themselves to be \u201ca woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staley made her comments on men competing in women\u2019s sports following the Gamecocks\u2019 blowout win in the Final Four over NC State. Asked by Outkick reporter Dan Zaksheske to explain her position on \u201cthe inclusion of transgender athletes, biological males, in women\u2019s sports,\u201d the coach struggled to come up with an answer before saying she supports men competing against women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a woman, you should play; if you consider yourself a woman, and you want to play sports, or vice-versa, you should be able to play,\u201d Staley said. \u201cThat\u2019s my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zaksheske asked her to clarify if she believes trans-identifying men should be able to compete against women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the question you want to ask, so I\u2019ll give you that: Yes. Yes,\u201d she responded. \u201cSo now the barnstorm of people are going to flood my timeline and be a distraction to me on one of the biggest days of our game, and I\u2019m ok with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I asked South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley if she supports transgender women (biological males) playing women&#8217;s college basketball. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SEQCsNiFvm\">pic.twitter.com\/SEQCsNiFvm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Zaksheske (@RealDanZak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDanZak\/status\/1776641070425678157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>South Carolina\u2019s win against NC State on Friday puts them in the national championship game, where they will face Iowa and star player Caitlyn Clark, who defeated UConn in a nail-biter. Staley\u2019s team is currently 37-0 on the season and has breezed through the NCAA tournament. Staley has coached at South Carolina since 2008 and has won two national championships while reaching six Final Fours.<\/p>\n<p>The national championship game is on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>While the controversy surrounding men playing in women\u2019s sports has yet to directly affect Division I women\u2019s college basketball, there have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/here-are-the-men-who-have-dominated-womens-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numerous instances<\/a> of men competing in sports against females and beating them in recent months. Earlier this year, multiple trans-identifying athletes took the floor with women in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trans-identifying-volleyball-players-take-over-womens-college-game-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">college volleyball match<\/a> in Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>At Nazareth University in New York, trans-identifying track athlete Sadie Schreiner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trans-collegiate-sprinter-switches-to-womens-team-breaks-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set a new school record<\/a> in the 300m dash in December, clocking in at 41.80 seconds, which was also good for first place in the race. Schreiner reportedly competed in the same track event a year before as a male and finished in 19th place in the 100m dash.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Men competing in women\u2019s sports became a major issue in 2022 when UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas, who previously competed as a male, won a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-not-equality-olympians-coaches-championship-swimmers-demand-ncaa-protect-our-women-athletes\/\" title=\"\u2018This Is Not Equality\u2019: Olympians, Coaches, Championship Swimmers Demand NCAA \u2018Protect Our Women Athletes\u2019\">national championship title<\/a> in the 500-yard freestyle over standout Virginia swimmer Emma Weyant.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/sports\/2022\/1\/28\/transgender-student-athlete-eligibility-review-procedures.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA allows<\/a> men to compete in women\u2019s sports as long as they submit an \u201cNCAA Transgender Student-Athlete Eligibility Review Form\u201d and have a \u201ctestosterone level that is within the allowable levels for the sport in which the student-athlete plans to compete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dawn Staley, head coach of the undefeated South Carolina women\u2019s basketball team, supports inclusion of trans-identifying players in women\u2019s sports if they identify as women. Staley&#8217;s remarks came post the Gamecocks&#8217; victory in the Final Four<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2214478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2142394533-scaled-e1712423627821.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2142394533-scaled-e1712423627821.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2214478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}