It looks like some colleges are finally admitting that gender identity doesn’t belong on the court in women’s sports. According to Just the News, several colleges, including the University of Wyoming, Southern Utah University, Boise State, and Utah State, have decided to forfeit their women’s volleyball matches against San José State, signaling their stance on the issue.
Why? Because San José’s team includes Blaire (formerly Brayden) Fleming, a six-foot-one biological male who identifies as female. Sounds fair, right? Not even. Call the forfeitures a sanity block against the madness and a solid stand for common sense.
NCAA’s “fair” rulebook is full of holes.
While San José and the NCAA continue to call for “inclusivity” and “fairness” (they obviously have no clue about the meaning of THAT word), schools are digging their heels in, refusing to step onto the court if a male will be competing against a female.
And it isn’t just about avoiding a tough opponent, it’s about ensuring female athletes aren’t stuck in the crossfire of a misguided rulebook that could put their safety in jeopardy. The NCAA might allow men who identify as women to play in women’s sports, but maybe they forgot that a six-foot-one male going up against female athletes isn’t exactly a fair fight. Guess they missed the Title IX memo that was supposed to protect women, not compromise them.
Governors get in on the action.
Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho’s governors are supporting their schools’ decisions to forfeit. Governor Spencer J. Cox of Utah put it best: “Our female athletes are left grappling with this difficult issue because the NCAA has failed.”
Wyoming’s Governor Mark Gordon and Idaho’s Governor Brad Little have also chimed in, applauding their respective schools for putting fairness and safety first. If only the NCAA could catch up. But they’re too busy setting up for their next big serve on inclusivity to notice the net is sagging under the weight of their policies.
On the other side of the issue is San José senior director of media relations Michelle Smith McDonald who laughably told The Center Square “it is disappointing that our SJSU student athletes, who are in full compliance with NCAA and Mountain West rules and regulations, are being denied opportunities to compete.”
Seriously?! That’s the point. Hopefully teams with trans athletes will continue to be denied the opportunity to compete and their own female athletes might start standing up for themselves.
The gender madness needs a timeout – and women to take a stand for their rights.
Seth Dillon from the Babylon Bee, in a recent speech at a Right to Life event in Traverse City, hit the nail on the head when he said women can stop the madness of men invading women’s sports – and he’s got a point. He’s got a solid argument: women must defend their rights and not allow biological men to take over their hard-earned opportunities. And their schools should support them.
When more and more brave women players and schools start speaking out and refuse to have their females compete against males, maybe more will join the fight. The message? Women’s sports are for women – real, biological women. And while the NCAA keeps volleying for “inclusion,” it’s becoming clear that the glaring thing being excluded in their argument is fairness.
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