'....a commitment to diversity, inclusion and gender equity.'
Posted on 03/22/2022 6:33:54 AM PDT by shadowlands1960
Anyone who cares about the advancement of sports, and women's sports in particular, should celebrate her win.
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This controversy came to an apex last week at the NCAA championships when she became the first openly trans athlete to win a Division I championship in any sport. For anyone who cares about the advancement of sports, and women's sports in particular, her win should be celebrated.
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The NCAA approved its first policy on the inclusion of trans athletes in collegiate athletics in 2011. The policy allowed "trans female" student-athletes to compete on a women's team if they had been treated with testosterone-suppression medication for at least one year. The most recent update, in January, aligns with the changes to the policies of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee, which place the responsibility for eligibility criteria on an individual sport and its governing bodies.
The NCAA was resistant to adopt USA Swimming's policy, which was among the most restrictive, requiring testosterone suppression for 36 months. Such changes would have been difficult to consider given collegiate swimmers were in the middle of the competitive season and weeks away from the NCAA championships. Moreover, both the IOC's and the NCAA's transgender athlete policies assert an athlete's right to participate in sport without discrimination and express a commitment to diversity, inclusion and gender equity.
Those who oppose the inclusion of trans women in women's sports argue that trans women have an unfair competitive advantage and that as a result they will take away opportunities from cisgender athletes.According to the NCAA, these assumptions are not well founded. Moreover, there is a lack of scientific evidence that conclusively demonstrates a direct link between testosterone and athletic performance.
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NBC is sick in the head.
Men will always make the best women swimmers. Men who can’t compete with other men that is
Lol, more like Cheryl Kooky!
Moreover, there is a lack of scientific evidence that conclusively demonstrates a direct link between testosterone and athletic performance.”
Then let the men do their roids without hassling them
Cheryl Cooky completed a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Sociology at the University of Southern California, an M.S. in Sport Studies at Miami University, and a B.S. in Kinesiology at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a professor of American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She teaches courses on sport in American culture, understanding the NFL, feminist theory, and feminist methodologies.
Fill her in box.
The person that wrote this obviously has no more than a single digit IQ.
The spin is giving me whiplash. Reality is on its head. Everyday a new, fresh hell.
Amazing. A woman wrote the article. Er, is Cheryl Cooky a woman?
“NBC is sick in the head.”
It’s the left’s M.O. The cause matters more than anyone that gets hurt advancing the agenda.
Absolute insanity.
Comcast, NBC, MSNBC, CNBC are owned and controlled by the Roberts family. Its content reflect the their values. Those values are not the values held by most decent Americans.
Exactly. The “opportunity” should be to kick out the fakers forever.
Pathetic.
Just pathetic.
Journalism manages to find an even lower low each and every day.
A true believing Marxist wrote this article.
Women just aren’t good at women’s sports.
They are the worst, by far, of all the Corporate Media.
He was worse than 400th place as a man. 1st as a “woman.” Yeah, no competitive advantage there.
Indeed. Thomas proved conclusively that even a mentally I’ll man has a competitive advantage over a woman in tests of upper body strength.
Normal disinformation and lies from NBC?
Yup.
Democrats are evil scum.
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