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| ‘Why don't you go to Amazon and buy a spine online and take a stand?’ Kennedy yelled at Baker. |
| 2024-12-18 |
| [FoxNews] NCAA prez suggests onus on female athletes to use other facilities if uncomfortable sharing with trans players. Charlie Baker calls notion that biological males have physical advantages over females 'debatable' before changing answer. NCAA President Charlie Baker sent a message to women's college athletes who are uncomfortable sharing locker rooms with transgender athletes on Tuesday, putting the responsibility for their own safety squarely on the women themselves. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing over legalized sports gambling, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questioned Baker about the NCAA's policies that have allowed trans athletes to compete on women's teams. Hawley confronted Baker about the NCAA policy that states "transgender student athletes should be able to use the locker room, shower and toilet facilities in accordance with their gender identity." Baker, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, responded by insisting other athletes have the option to find other accommodations if they're uncomfortable with it. "Everybody else should have an opportunity to use other facilities if they wish to do so," Baker said. Baker added that NCAA guidelines give the institutions and organizations that host college sporting events, who he referred to as "locals," the option to accommodate athletes however they see fit. "I believe our guidelines give people optionality in how they choose to use their facilities," Baker said. "We told the local folks who hosted our tournaments that they need to make accommodations for the people who are playing." Baker also refused to initially agree with the notion that biological males have physical advantages over female athletes. When asked by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., if trans athletes are at an advantage, Baker said the idea was debatable. "There's not a lot of research on it, but it's certainly debatable," Baker said. Kennedy posed the question a second time, asking if Baker didn't think that "a biological male has an advantage every time competing against a biological female." The NCAA president changed his answer, saying, "I think the way you defined it, yes, I would agree with you." When Baker was pressed about why he and the NCAA have not taken action to amend policies to prevent trans inclusion in women's sports, he repeatedly cited federal law and recent rulings of federal courts that have enabled it. Kennedy loudly encouraged Baker to do something about it anyway. "Why don't you go to Amazon and buy a spine online and take a stand?" Kennedy yelled at Baker. Love that quote! Related: NCAA 12/01/2024 San José St. ousted by Colorado St. in MW volleyball final NCAA 11/02/2024 Schools That Forfeited Volleyball Matches Asked to Pay NCAA 04/26/2024 Knife-wielding maniac punches two NYPD cops Related: Female athletes 08/17/2024 Supreme Court strikes down Biden-Harris Title IX change that some argued would allow men in women's sports Female athletes 04/17/2024 Female athletes speak out after appeals court requires West Virginia to allow biological males to compete in women's sports Female athletes 03/15/2024 Elite Heaven or Real Hell on Earth? |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 Charlie Baker calls notion that biological males have physical advantages over females 'debatable' before changing answer. Some dude with dysfunctional nuts just won Women's Olympic Boxing, pal. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-12-18 13:00 |
| #2 Durbin faces backlash for remark on trans inclusion in women's sports |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-12-18 11:04 |
| #1 Charlie Baker, former MA governor and the ultimate corporate yes-man = perfect RINO material. |
| Posted by: Raj 2024-12-18 10:17 |