“They will file a lawsuit for Lia Thomas to swim” – Penn swimmer slams updated transgender participation policy
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A swimmer on the University of Pennsylvania women’s team has come forward to opine on the latest decision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) on the participation of trans athletes in organized sports. She mentioned that the school’s decision to allow transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to compete has created an unfair balance within the sport.
She further went on to mention that the NCAA prioritizes Thomas’ rights over that of biological female student-athletes. The Penn student was also “hopeful” after learning of the NCAA’s decision last week to update its policy of allowing transgender athletes to compete based on hormone levels.
“I’m a little bit more hopeful because I think that, at least as swimmers, we kind of realize that it’s not just testosterone levels,” she said in an exclusive interview with Fox News. “It’s testosterone levels from the last 20 years and how that affected, you know, the fact that [Thomas] went through male puberty and the way that built her heart and lungs and her hands and the way she circulates blood and the lactic acid and all that stuff.”
Penn swimmer “upset” with changes in USA Swimming rules
The anonymous athlete also talked about the “slight advantage” that Lia has over her competitors in the women’s category. She even exclaimed that if the USA Swimming changes its rules, the officials will be filing a lawsuit for the trans-swimmer to swim!
“Stuff that – it’s not just the difference between two girls and how one might have slightly larger lungs and that gives them a slight advantage,” she continued, “These are monumental advantages that biological males just develop through puberty, and it’s not something that a year of [hormone treatments] can suppress because they still have all the muscle mass they had from the last 20 years.”
“I have a feeling that if USA Swimming changes their rules, they will be filing a lawsuit for Lia to swim, but they wouldn’t do that for us,” she said. “That’s just really upsetting.”
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