{"id":2215884,"date":"2024-04-08T18:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T22:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-condemns-coach-dawn-staley-as-sellout-over-support-for-transgender-athletes\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T18:32:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T22:32:27","slug":"riley-gaines-condemns-coach-dawn-staley-as-sellout-over-support-for-transgender-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-condemns-coach-dawn-staley-as-sellout-over-support-for-transgender-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Gaines criticizes coach Dawn Staley for backing transgender athletes, calling her a &#8216;sellout."},"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\">28<\/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%2Friley-gaines-condemns-coach-dawn-staley-as-sellout-over-support-for-transgender-athletes%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=2215884&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>Women\u2019s sports advocate \u200dRiley Gaines criticized University of South Carolina\u200c women\u2019s basketball coach Dawn Staley, accusing her of being a &#8220;sellout&#8221; for supporting\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-times-transgender-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">athletes<\/a>-dominated-womens-sports\/&#8221; title=&#8221;5 Times Transgender Athletes Dominated Women\u2019s Sports&#8221;>transgender athletes<\/a>. Staley \u2063defended the rights of athletes who identify as women \u2064during\u200d a recent press conference, highlighting her belief in inclusion. While \u200cGaines acknowledged \u200cStaley&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-wrestling-hall-of-fame-honors-longtime-san-clemente-coach\/\" title=\"San Clemente Coach receives prestigious honor from National Wrestling Hall of Fame.\">coaching success<\/a>,\u200b she strongly disagreed with her stance on transgender athlete participation.  <\/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<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Women\u2019s sports advocate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/riley-gaines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Riley Gaines<\/a> spoke out against University of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Carolina <\/a>women\u2019s basketball coach Dawn Staley, calling her a \u201csellout\u201d over her support for transgender athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Staley made her comment during a press conference on Saturday, during which she said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/2956637\/south-carolina-womens-basketball-coach-claims-transgender-players-should-be-able-to-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>she was \u201cof the belief\u201d<\/a> that an athlete who considers themselves to be a woman should be allowed to play. Gaines commended Staley for her coaching record, including winning two championships, but was much more critical of her answer to the press question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn three years at South Carolina, she\u2019s won two championships,\u201d Gaines said on Fox News\u2019s <em>Fox and Friends<\/em>. \u201cI think her record is 109-3. That\u2019s unprecedented, so clearly she\u2019s great at what she does, and she\u2019s developed many incredible athletes whom I admire, but she\u2019s either proving herself, to your point, to be entirely incompetent or a sellout, and personally, I don\u2019t think she believes what she said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Outkick <\/em>host elaborated that Staley took time to answer the question, noting that her hesitation \u201cspoke volumes.\u201d She also said she believes Staley was facing pressure to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/political-correctness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>politically correct<\/a> to the press, a pressure she herself has had to face in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo what I think this boils down to is\u00a0she didn\u2019t have courage to stand with women,\u201d Gaines said. \u201cIt was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her, and she blew it. And truthfully my guess is she\u2019s OK with it until her team is defeated by one or more men playing on the opposite team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gaines also took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>social media<\/a> to speak out against Staley\u2019s response, writing that \u201cconsidering yourself a woman\u201d is the threshold for being able to play in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2949641\/riley-gaines-condemns-wisconsin-governor-vetoing-legislation-transgender-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaines spoke out against a veto<\/a> Gov.\u00a0Tony Evers\u00a0(D-WI) made on legislation regarding transgender athletes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-nfl-player-calls-for-separate-transgender-category-of-sports-after-biden-executive-order\/\" title=\"Retired NFL Player Calls For Separate Transgender Category Of Sports After Biden Executive Order\">school sports<\/a>, arguing he does not represent the values of his state. She has encouraged residents to contact their local lawmakers to override the governor\u2019s veto. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women\u2019s sports advocate Riley Gaines criticized University of South Carolina women\u2019s basketball coach Dawn Staley, labeling her a &#8220;sellout&#8221; for endorsing transgender athletes. 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