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| ''Buy a Spine'': Sen. Kennedy Gets NCAA Prez to Bend Knee on Key Point in Heated Exchange on Trans Athletes | |
| 2024-12-19 | |
It's an issue that has seen prominent female athletes strongly take public stands in favor of leaving women's sports as they were originally intended. One of those athletes, LGBTQ icon Martina Navratilova, has loudly spoken out on the matter only to see the same far-left groups who had previously praised her for being a groundbreaker in sports turn around and try to cancel her for the crime of WrongSpeak. Riley Gaines, a champion former University of Kentucky swimmer, has also emerged as a leading voice on this topic after having to share the trophies podium (and locker room) with former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who identifies as a woman but who was born a man. Gaines has testified countless times before members of Congress on Capitol Hill and also before various state legislatures on the issue, and is currently part of a lawsuit against the NCAA. It was Gaines' troubling experiences and those of other concerned girls and women that were at the heart of the aggressive questioning of NCAA president Charlie Baker during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on sports gambling. Baker unwittingly set himself up for quite the grilling with remarks made in his opening statement in which he declared that an "essential priority of the Association and its members is coordinating and delivering safe and fair competition." Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) took the ball and ran with it, questioning the former Massachusetts governor's statement and contrasting it with what he characterized as the NCAA's unfairness in not standing up against athletes like Lia Thomas being able to compete against female athletes. At one point, Kennedy cornered Baker and got him to bend the knee on a key point by having him concede that men who compete against women in sports have an advantage "every time" after Baker initially (and laughably) claimed the point was "debatable." ''Why don't you go onto Amazon and buy a spine online and take a stand?'' Kennedy finally said at one point in frustration over Baker's continued insinuations that the NCAA didn't have a choice but to take the position they have because the courts supposedly have not provided "clarity" on the issue. Related: Lia Thomas 04/17/2024 Female athletes speak out after appeals court requires West Virginia to allow biological males to compete in women's sports Lia Thomas 01/20/2024 'I Just Don't Know Where We Went Wrong,' Contemplates Sports Illustrated Executive In Front Of Framed Covers Of Obese, Trans Swimsuit Models Lia Thomas 06/01/2023 Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey bans transgender athletes from competing against women in college sports as concerns about athletic fairness grow across the nation Related: Riley Gaines 05/27/2024 Trans runner wins girls 400m race in Washington state championship Riley Gaines 04/30/2024 Middle schoolers who protested trans athlete's participation are banned from future competitions Riley Gaines 04/17/2024 Female athletes speak out after appeals court requires West Virginia to allow biological males to compete in women's sports Related: Martina Navratilova 03/05/2019 How Animal Farm is Playing Out in the Democrat Party Martina Navratilova 02/24/2019 Trump-Hating Lesbian Tennis Champ Destroyed for Saying Men and Women Are Different Martina Navratilova 06/01/2017 'This is not OK': Navratilova renews call to rename Margaret Court Arena Related: Charlie Baker 08/06/2023 Judge rules in favor of 7 Massachusetts State Troopers who lost jobs over refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine Charlie Baker 02/09/2023 Russia has closed entry to Russia for 77 US citizens Charlie Baker 12/16/2022 Vote Recount Flips Massachusetts State Midterm Race From Republican to Democrat by 1 Vote Related: John Kennedy 11/17/2024 Democratic senators in the United States should investigate the assassination of John Kennedy John Kennedy 07/15/2024 From Jackson to Clinton: The Most Famous Assassination Attempts on US Presidents John Kennedy 05/23/2024 Senators grill Biden judicial nominee over transgender inmate transfer request despite sex crimes convictions | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I like Kennedy’s quotes. I like his voting record a good deal less. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-12-19 14:59 |