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A few weeks ago, two Republicans, Florida Rep. Greg Steube and Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, introduced a bill aimed at protecting female Olympic and amateur athletes from exclusion by men. Sports-specific organizations have been operating without accountability for years, harming female athletes like me in the process.
Here’s why this law is important: USA Boxing he codified new rules for women’s boxing in 2024. Participants do not need to be female. They say the word “woman” simply equates a few surgeries with a pill.
The floodgates have opened so that when you turn on your TV and probably pay a few extra dollars, you can watch a biological male punching a woman under lights surrounded by cheering fans. can. One coach even warned that the change could “kill women.” Although it seems barbaric, it’s legal and could soon become common practice here in the United States unless something changes its trajectory.
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However, regulations created by sport-specific organizations such as USA Boxing, USA Volleyball (USAV), and USA Swimming extend beyond entertainment. The Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 1978 allowed the United States Olympic Committee to authorize such governing regulations.
Macy Petty shows off the height of the net in women’s volleyball. Her net height is more than 7 inches lower than men’s volleyball.
The NCAA also defaults guidelines for male participation in women’s sports to those determined by sport-specific organizations. Many NCAA athletes and coaches have pushed back against this reluctance in the face of women’s harm.
Most recently, NCAA official Bill Bock resigned from the Division I Infractions Commission, saying he had “witnessed the NCAA further reinforcing its regressive policies that discriminate against female student-athletes.”
The dystopian reality that biological men can beat women has drawn attention to the corrupting power of these organizations, but their backward thinking coupled with their seemingly unquestioned authority , has long destroyed opportunities for women. It has increasingly taken over my sport of volleyball, often literally adding insult to injury.
USAV says it is “providing, creating, and supporting safe, inclusive, and positive volleyball experiences and lifelong opportunities for all,” but on the other hand, men and women This compromises both safety and fairness. For all women who compete.
Current guidelines allow men to participate in “women’s” leagues as long as they take age-appropriate synthetic hormones. These regulations are looser than USA Boxing!
It is far from comprehensive and ignores the advantages of men who are not affected by synthetic hormones, such as height (which is one of the biggest advantages for front-row volleyball players). Men’s nets, according to USAV regulations, are at least 7 inches taller than women’s nets. League officials know there are clear advantages. They just choose to ignore it because of their woke agenda.
A few years ago, as an aspiring college athlete, these discriminatory policies nearly robbed me of the chance to achieve my dreams.
Club volleyball is the gateway to college volleyball. That’s the best recruiting strategy for any athlete. College coaches need a hands-on opportunity to evaluate as many prospects as possible in one weekend. This creates a monopoly of opportunity and forces girls into compliance with her USAV.
I missed prom, traveled most weekends during the season, and drove over an hour to a competitive club almost every day. Although it was a big financial burden for my parents, they were happy to accept the loan because they could eventually pay it back as a university scholarship.
At one of those tournaments, I had to play against the boys on the “women’s” team in front of college scouts. All the time and effort you’ve put into honing your skills suddenly doesn’t matter as much. My vertical jump, which I had spent years trying to improve, was weak compared to my opponent’s vertical jump. Of course, his gender benefited him greatly.
I walked away feeling cheated but thinking USAV would put a stop to it. I was terribly wrong. Why do we do that? There is no accountability to keep them in check, so there is no incentive to defy political pressure to maintain impartiality.
Corruption in these institutions is not limited to domestic play. Under the 1978 bill, its rules help determine which athletes will be represented at the Olympics.
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Rules like USAV’s not only deprive women and girls of a fair opportunity to compete in the Olympics, they also send a clear message to the world that America’s best female athletes are biologically male. It will also happen. We must stand as a land of opportunity. How ironic!
We must stop this clear signal, not only for the sake of the international situation, but also for the sake of the little girls within our borders. Those who look to Olympic athletes as examples of opportunity and expectations for what they can achieve.
I walked away feeling cheated but thinking USAV would put a stop to it. I was terribly wrong. Why do we do that? There is no accountability to keep them in check, so there is no incentive to defy political pressure to maintain impartiality.
What message does she receive when the “female” court is dominated by men? It was the same message I received when USAV sacrificed my fair shot to affirm the feelings of a biological boy.
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That’s why we need Steube and Tuberville’s bill, the Protecting Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act. It is past time for us to resist this reversal and protect opportunities for women in sports.
Sports-specific organizations have been abusing their power for decades. If their definition of a “female athlete” is not a woman at all, they cannot continue to allow their perverted policies to extend to U.S. Olympic participation.
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