No spin; and Gov. Noem has not sold out women’s sports.
Take the bill, place that in Florida, from the Florida State Legislature to Gov. DeSantis.
He writes the same letter to the legislature, returning the bill to them, for reconsideration.
The Florida problema and the South Dakota problem are the same.
One issue, is national competition at the collegiate level. The existing bill would likely halt that. How will Floridians and their collegiate sports programs react?
Another issue, is that the bill - if signed - ends up before the US Supreme Court.
Then, you will have the USSC legislating the matter, from the bench . . . or, is it better to keep the legislative matter in-state(?) - and that is the view of Gov. Noem, for the moment.
In-state, and under the control of the state, Gov. Noem’s legal advisors (they studied the problem for almost 3 months), believe that the matter overall, is best kept in-state.
Thus, she chose ground where that can best be defended; and thus, her letter to the SD legislature.
Good points. It’s too early to be condemning her just yet. We will just have to wait to see how this all plays out first. I’ll reserve judgement until then.
I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.
Thank you for that informed post. I’m not going to react viscerally to this like so many others on this thread are, but will wait to see how this shakes out.
“One issue, is national competition at the collegiate level. The existing bill would likely halt that.”
I guess then it depends on one’s viewpoint: Is it worth destroying women’s sports to allow continued participation in men’s sports.
Evidently the Governor thinks so, but it would be interesting to hear from the coeds on this one.