An all-girls basketball team is being punished by a statewide sports association for refusing to allow its players to face a male player on the court but the defiant school has at least one fan who says the safety of girls comes first.
After Mid Vermont Christian School forfeited a game in the girls state basketball tournament, because an opponent’s player includes a biological male, Mid Vermont was banned immediately and indefinitely from participating in future games and tournaments.
That decision came from the Vermont Principals’ Association, the governing body for high school sports, which voted 15-0 to punish Mid Vermont for violating a policy protecting “gender identity,” according to the Valley News newspaper.
The news story did not identify the male student, or his age or class, but only referred to a “transgender female player” who plays for the Long Trail Mountain Lions.
Reacting to the forfeited game and punishment, American Family Radio host Jenna Ellis told her audience the incident shows why many state legislatures are taking action to protect girls and women in sports. Those new laws, she said, protect girls’ privacy and ensure their safety.
“This is exactly why preserving women’s sports to just actual women is so important,” she said, “because a lot of these men who are participating in women’s sports are taking their scholarships.”
In a statement to Valley News, a Mid Vermont administrator said the school took action because “we believe playing against an opponent with a biological male jeopardizes the fairness of the game and the safety of our players.”
“If you don’t want to follow VPA rules, that’s fine,” Jay Nichols, executive director of the sports association, told Valley News. “But then you’re just not a VPA member. It’s fairly simple.”
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Copyright American Family News. Reprinted with permission.
No—they’re probably the ones who got it right.
THEY certainly did right. BY THEIR Students.
“The news story did not identify the male student, or his age or class, but only referred to a “transgender female player” who plays for the Long Trail Mountain Lions.”
Easy to identify.
I’m confidant he’s the BEST girl on the team.
The Vermont Principal’s Association is a sorry excuse for sports oversight! To be sure their action is a direct violation of Title IX which women fought hard for and now they are told it doesn’t matter. How many of these regulatory groups have actually sat down and talked with women and girls involved in sports or are they toadies of the woke gender lies?
Toadies.. IMO that is why we need to go AFTER THESE regulatory groups.. VOTE THESE wokistas out!