Posted on 11/22/2023 7:53:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A British male athlete who identifies as trans quit a women's soccer team and is considering legal action after opponents refused to compete against him following an incident where a female athlete suffered a broken knee while attempting to block his shot.
Francesca Needham, 30, resigned from the Rossington Main Ladies, a soccer team in South Yorkshire. After the female athlete's knee injury and ongoing refusal from opposing teams to play against Needham, upcoming matches were canceled.
In a statement to The Daily Mail this week, Needham indicated that he is considering pursuing a discrimination case. The trans athlete hopes the situation can be resolved "peacefully and promptly."
"It's disheartening to acknowledge that this situation contradicts everything in the diversity and inclusion policies, given that I have diligently met every single requirement set out by the Football Association to play," he wrote.
In a Tuesday statement to The Christian Post, a spokesperson for the FA disclosed that it is working with the association in Sheffield and Hallamshire County to find a resolution.
"This issue is complex and constantly evolving, and like many other national governing bodies in sport, we are currently reviewing our transgender policy for English football to ensure it is inclusive, fair and safe for all," the spokesperson stated.
The Telegraph reports that at least four teams in the league are boycotting their matches.
Needham played two games on the women's team in October after receiving clearance from the Football Association, scoring two goals, according to The Daily Mail.
During the first game that Needham played, an unnamed manager for the opposing team could immediately tell that Needham was a man identifying as a woman. The manager told The Daily Mail that the FA allowed Needham to compete against women, but the association did not let others know that he was a man.
"People have refused to play because they are worried about the safety of the players," the manager said. "My players were backing out of challenges as psychologically it's quite a big thing. When you are playing against a biological man, it's quite scary. They were terrified."
The manager of one of the teams that refused to compete against Needham said in a statement to the outlet that the parents of the teenage female athletes were not "keen to put their [child's] welfare at risk." He added that the issue is not related to transgenderism, stating that it is a "welfare" issue.
On Tuesday, the Rossington Main Football Club responded to the situation on Facebook, emphasizing that it has adhered "meticulously" to the FA's Equality and Inclusion guidelines.
"As a community Grassroots Football Club and a Football Association Accredited Club, it is our duty to foster an inclusive environment for all individuals and abide by the football association's policies and guidelines," the statement read.
The club indicated in the statement that it would not provide further comment on the situation, saying that it had requested the FA address the matter.
Needham did not immediately respond to The Christian Post's request for comment.
The debate about the fairness of allowing men to compete as women is also taking place in the United States, with many expressing concern that men, on average, have a physical advantage over women that gives them a competitive edge.
These concerns have led to over two dozen states passing policies requiring trans-identifying athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond with their biological sex.
Earlier this year, British Rowing established a women's category reserved exclusively for females and not men who identify as them.
According to a study published in 2020 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, male athletes who take hormones maintain a biological advantage over females even after two years of hormone use.
Seems to me their is such an easy solution to this alleged problem with trans.
All these so called trans biological male people, should simply compete on men’s teams. If they are interested in competing in sports they should be on a men’s team.
It’s hard to see how this even becomes an issue for courts of law to get involved in, but I guess we’ll see what happens
Drama queens gotta drama..................
😂😂😂👯
They cannot win when competing against their own biological sex. That is why they want to compete against women, so their little egos get massaged and they are delighted to steal the spotlight away from some real athletes...............
Years back, when the women’s rights were in full swing and wanted to do any job that a man could do, play any sport that a man could play or anything related thereto, I used to think, “What if men decided they wanted to play women’s sports”...”what if they wanted to do the things that were reserved for women” and how would they like it?
I’m sorry I ever asked. I wish this crap would stop. enough now.
“This issue is complex and constantly evolving…”
No it’s not. HE is a MAN, always was and always will be. He should not play on women’s teams. We should not cater to the clinically insane.
Is that so complex?
RE: Drama queens gotta drama..................
We like to laugh ... until the courts actually make a decision in HIS favor ( and ban my use of the word HIS ), then it is drama no longer but reality.
The courts maybe able to force the teams to get lay but can the court force individuals to remain members of the team? I know they would try but flif they thought they could get away with it.
In the meantime, the West is flooded with low IQ third world trash.
As for “football”, which is funded by men’s teams, they deserve these freaks.
It’s the extension of feminism which destroys traditional values.
I might give a damn about women’s soccer when the military and corporations ruined by women are undone.
If we ever needed proof that the left doesn’t actually care about women’s safety, and is in fact the side actually waging a “war on women”, this is it.
Cheers for these women. Enough is more than enough. Men are supposed to protect women, not break their knees.
I know Brit law is more fascist than ours. Can a Brit judge actually force someone to play soccer? Would the women be arrested if they just sat on the bench? I know the Brits arrest people for unapproved speech and can put people on probation if the police think they might commit a crime, but have never been convicted of a crime. The Brit cops also arrest people for having Brit flags at protests while letting terrorist supporters carry theirs. The Brit cops also love to kneel.
I think the problem these “trans women” would have with that is that their estrogen injections, while insufficient to completely eliminate their physical advantage over real women, would put them at a disadvantage against other men.
Of course, it is their choice to take estrogen, just as it is some athletes’ choice to skip training and overdo it on the snacks. But the idea that choices have consequences is anathema to these people.
Even better, just give them their own league. All four trannies in some area can kick a ball around and then declare themselves “champions”.
Your willingness to throw conservative women under the bus for what liberals of both sexes have done is noted.
I’d still laugh, because it’s always funny to see feminists, who have done their best to ruin our society, get their comeuppance.
1) I’m glad to see Christian Post correctly refer to this filthy pervert as “he”.
2) A “peaceful resolution”? How about a “mostly peaceful resolution” involving a cricket bat and his man-parts?
What I think has zero effect on the outcome. There is no bus.
I, however, note the reality of my statements daily.
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.
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