{"id":2330882,"date":"2024-08-26T08:52:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T12:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paralympics-now-letting-trans-athletes-ruin-womens-sports\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T09:05:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:05:01","slug":"paralympics-now-letting-trans-athletes-ruin-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paralympics-now-letting-trans-athletes-ruin-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympics Now Letting Trans Athletes Ruin Women&#8217;s 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\">16<\/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%2Fparalympics-now-letting-trans-athletes-ruin-womens-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=2330882&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>The 2024 Olympiad has \u200bconcluded, but it has\u200b sparked \u2062ongoing controversy regarding the participation of <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\">transgender athletes<\/a> in women\u2019s sports. This debate was particularly highlighted in women&#8217;s boxing, where Algeria\u2019s Imane Khelif and \u200dTaiwan\u2019s Lin\u2063 Yu-ting competed and \u2062won \u2062gold\u200b medals\u200c despite being disqualified by the International Boxing Association. The situation \u200dis further complicated\u200d by the\u200c International\u2063 Paralympic Committee\u2019s decision \u2064to allow Valentina Petrillo, a male sprinter who identifies as female, to compete in women\u2019s track and field at the upcoming Paralympics in Paris. <\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., the Olympic and\u200d Paralympic Committee and the NCAA\u2063 have faced criticism for not prioritizing fairness\u200b for female athletes in light of a\u2063 lawsuit challenging \u200dpro-transgender \u2063policies that permit males \u200bto compete in \u2062women\u2019s events. The NCAA is under fire for allowing a male athlete, who\u200b identifies as a\u2062 woman, to play women\u2019s\u2062 volleyball while withholding that \u200bathlete&#8217;s \u200bbiological\u2062 sex from \u200cteammates and opponents. Critics argue that such policies increase the risk \u2063of injury and \u2064unfair competition in women\u2019s sports. \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>The NCAA, led by President Charlie \u2064Baker, \u200bhas\u2063 been criticized for its inaction and failure\u2064 to research the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cms-names-10-drugs-under-new-price-controls-but-advocates-warn-of-cruel-side-effects\/\" title=\"CMS announces 10 drugs under new price controls, advocates caution against &#039;cruel&#039; consequences.\">potential \u200cnegative impact<\/a> of its policies on female\u2062 athletes. This situation\u200b raises concerns about the overall safety and fairness \u200dof competitive\u200d sports for women,\u200b as more male athletes may \u2062enter women&#8217;s competitions under existing\u2063 policies. As discussions and lawsuits continue, the implications\u2063 for female athletes and the integrity of women\u2019s sports remain significant.  <\/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>\n<p>The 2024 Olympiad might be in the history books, but the controversy surrounding males competing in women&rsquo;s sports is far from over.<\/p>\n<p>Dysfunction in women&rsquo;s boxing thrust the debate about female athlete safety and fair competition into center ring for the entire Olympic games. Despite being disqualified by the International Boxing Association to compete as women fighters, Algeria&rsquo;s Imane Khelif and Taiwan&rsquo;s Lin Yu-ting left Paris with gold medals in women&rsquo;s boxing around their necks and cast a long shadow over the International Olympic Committee. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now we learn that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is forcing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/other\/sprinter-set-to-be-first-transgender-paralympian\/ar-AA1oFdc9?ocid=BingNewsSerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new gender scandal<\/a> on its upcoming games in Paris by qualifying a 50-year-old male sprinter from Italy, who has identified as Valentina Petrillo since 2019, to compete in women&rsquo;s track and field. During the Paralympic games Aug. 28- Sept. 8, Petrillo is sure to overshadow the accomplishments of female athletes on the podium in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Here at home, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have done nothing to calm the storm. Neither has prioritized fairness for women nor stood up for America&rsquo;s female athletes in these cases.<\/p>\n<p>Worse, the NCAA continues to insult female athletes as it defends itself against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iconswomen.com\/take-on-the-ncaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">landmark lawsuit<\/a> over its perverse policy allowing males who feel like women to enter women&rsquo;s competitions, steal female trophies, and intrude in women&rsquo;s locker rooms. Recently, more plaintiffs have joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iconswomen.com\/take-on-the-ncaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> brought by Riley Gaines and other current and former NCAA female athletes.<\/p>\n<h2>NCAA&rsquo;s Trans Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>Despite legal jeopardy and new <a href=\"https:\/\/concernedwomen.org\/sen-blackburn-demands-ncaa-prohibit-men-from-playing-in-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demands<\/a> from Congress, the NCAA is thrusting a new school year of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leave-them-alone-wonder-woman-star-lynda-carter-shares-thoughts-on-trans-controversy\/\" title=\"\u2018Leave Them Alone\u2019: \u2018Wonder Woman\u2019 Star Lynda Carter Shares Thoughts On Trans Controversy\">trans controversy<\/a> on college sports in the U.S., starting with volleyball.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Reduxx ran an <a href=\"https:\/\/reduxx.info\/exclusive-biological-male-quietly-joined-womens-ncaa-division-i-volleyball-at-san-jose-state-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exclusive report<\/a> revealing that a male had been competing under the radar on a Division I NCAA women&rsquo;s volleyball team:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>a feminine male has been participating in elite women&rsquo;s collegiate sports in California after his biological sex was reportedly withheld from his teammates and his opponents. Blaire Fleming, born Brayden, is currently playing women&rsquo;s Division&nbsp;I volleyball for San Jose State University in the reputable Mountain West Conference.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a 6&rsquo;1&rdquo; outside hitter, this male player was recruited for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-revives-democratic-hopes-for-first-madam-president-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris revives Democratic hopes for first &#039;Madam President&#039; - Washington Examiner\">college women&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s volleyball career starting at Coastal Carolina in 2020 from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vajuniors.com\/page\/show\/1460308-college-recruiting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virginia Juniors<\/a> girls&rsquo; volleyball club, where <a href=\"https:\/\/results.advancedeventsystems.com\/event\/PTAwMDAwMTc0OTY90\/clubs\/7022\/standings\/60069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tournament records<\/a> show Fleming was listed on the official team roster as Brayden.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now a redshirt senior at San Jose State University (SJSU), <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/season\/2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fleming<\/a> takes the court this season with inherent net advantage as a natal male &mdash; literally. The male net in volleyball is seven inches higher than the female net, accounting for the superior vertical jump capacity of male physiology compared to females.<\/p>\n<p>The return of Fleming would not be happening if the NCAA had adopted the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naia.org\/transgender\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-social-justice-coalition-pushes-house-democrats-george-floyd-justice-in-policing-act\/\" title=\"NBA \u2018Social Justice Coalition\u2019 Pushes House Democrats\u2019 \u2018George Floyd Justice In Policing Act\u2019\">common-sense policy<\/a><\/a> as the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) clarifying that only natal females can compete in the women&rsquo;s category.<\/p>\n<p>But under President Charlie Baker, the NCAA continues to mock female athletes and women&rsquo;s sports. Baker&rsquo;s tenure has been marked by ineptitude and cowardly inaction. He even admitted the NCAA has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/ncaa-blockbuster-admission-says-about-future-women-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">never researched<\/a> the physical, emotional, or psychological harm of its trans-inclusion policy on female athletes. That&rsquo;s because the NCAA has never cared about women athletes in promoting its DEI agenda. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By agreeing to follow NCAA policy, which clearly discriminates <em>against<\/em> female athletes, member institutions are putting their own athletes at risk. We know the severity of injury only increases &mdash; especially <a href=\"https:\/\/sportslitigationalert.com\/a-major-new-third-argument-against-female-trans-athletes-serious-injuries-joins-unfair-competition-and-sexual-bodily-privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concussions in volleyball<\/a> &mdash; as more males enter competition in women&rsquo;s sports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How will the &ldquo;reputable&rdquo; Mountain West and its schools, including Boise State, Utah State, UNLV, Wyoming, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and others, defend forcing their female athletes to compete against a biological male and increasing their risk of serious injury on the court? Will they use emotional blackmail to silence their players like we saw with the Ivy League&rsquo;s Lia Thomas?<\/p>\n<p>San Jose State opens the <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 women&rsquo;s volleyball season<\/a> on Aug. 30 at a tournament hosted by Cal State Fullerton. Next stop is Sept. 6 on former collegiate hoopster Caitlin Clark&rsquo;s home turf at the University of Iowa. Do Iowa fans know this spectacle is coming to town? What is the University of Iowa athletics department telling its female athletes? &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do players on these teams and their supporters even know? Concerned Women for America knows, and so does the <a href=\"https:\/\/ourbodiesoursports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vast network of women<\/a>, including champions like <a href=\"https:\/\/strongerwomen.substack.com\/p\/guest-column-by-martina-navratilova\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Martina Navratilova<\/a>, who are fed up with seeing our daughter athletes become the social experiments of the NCAA&rsquo;s transgender athlete agenda prioritizing the feelings of a man&rsquo;s feminine identity over biological reality.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with a similar situation, University of Washington (UW) bowed out of a verbal deal with rising volleyball star, <a href=\"https:\/\/reduxx.info\/exclusive-transgender-athlete-receives-u-washington-offer-to-seize-one-of-just-twelve-womens-volleyball-d1-scholarships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tate Drageset<\/a>, once news broke Drageset was male. UW recognized that rostering a male on its women&rsquo;s team would be bad PR for the school, especially as it was transferring to the Big 10 to face volleyball powerhouse Nebraska. I&rsquo;d like to think UW also believed it was flagrantly unfair to its own women&rsquo;s team and a violation of their rights under Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>Such damaging impacts should be on the minds of the Mountain West and the NCAA. SJSU has a trans-identifying male rostered on the women&rsquo;s volleyball team. Will opponents force their women to compete across the net or stand for their rights, dignity, and their safety, and sit these matches out?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Doreen Denny is senior advisor to Concerned Women for America, the nation&rsquo;s largest public policy women&rsquo;s organization.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Olympics may have concluded, but the debate over male participation in women&#8217;s sports continues to be contentious. Issues within women&#8217;s boxing brought the discussion of athlete safety and equitable competition to the forefront during the Games. Even after being disqualified by the International Boxing Association, Algeria&#8217;s Imane Khelif and Taiwan&#8217;s Lin Yu-ting left Paris with gold medals in women&#8217;s boxing, casting doubt on the integrity of the International Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a new gender controversy is emerging as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has allowed a 50-year-old male sprinter from Italy, who has identified as Valentina Petrillo since 2019, to compete in women\u2019s track and field at its upcoming games in Paris. This decision is likely to overshadow female athletes&#8217; achievements during the event.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., both the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and NCAA have failed to address these issues adequately or advocate for fairness for female athletes. The NCAA continues to face criticism for its controversial policy that permits males who identify as women to compete against females, leading some female athletes like Riley Gaines to file lawsuits against it.<\/p>\n<p>As college sports gear up for another year of trans-related controversies\u2014starting with volleyball\u2014the NCAA remains under scrutiny. An exclusive report revealed that Blaire Fleming (born Brayden), a biological male competing on a Division I women\u2019s volleyball team at San Jose State University without disclosing his sex status, raises concerns about fairness in competition.<\/p>\n<p>Fleming&#8217;s presence gives him an inherent advantage due to physiological differences between males and females\u2014specifically regarding net height in volleyball\u2014and this situation would not exist if NCAA policies aligned with those of other organizations like NAIA that restrict competition based on biological sex.<\/p>\n<p>Under President Charlie Baker\u2019s leadership, there has been little action taken by NCAA regarding potential harm caused by their policies on female athletes. As more males enter women&#8217;s competitions, risks such as injuries\u2014including concussions\u2014are expected to rise significantly.<\/p>\n<p>Questions arise about how institutions within conferences like Mountain West will justify allowing their female athletes to compete against biological males while risking their safety and well-being. Will they prioritize emotional considerations over fair play? <\/p>\n<p>San Jose State begins its season soon; however, many are left wondering how this will affect all involved parties\u2014from players themselves down through athletic departments\u2014and whether they are aware of what lies ahead amidst growing concerns voiced by advocates like Concerned Women for America and prominent figures such as Martina Navratilova about prioritizing feelings over biological realities when it comes to competitive sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1454,"featured_media":2330883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2048px-London_2012_paralympic_volleyball_1-1-e1724462304445.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39280,39278,39279,33512,35638],"class_list":["post-2330882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-inclusivity-issues","tag-paralympics","tag-sports-policy","tag-trans-athletes","tag-womens-sports"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2048px-London_2012_paralympic_volleyball_1-1-e1724462304445.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330882","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\/1454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}