The cruelty is the point, and even powerful organizations are bending over backwards to comply.
NCAA updates its policy after Trump's ban on transgender athletes competing in female sports - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ncaa-transgender-student-athlete-participation-policy-change/
#MountainWest #volleyball #forfeit #crisis heads toward uncertain #postseason for #SanJoseState
As #SJSU nears the #tournament, a new #report says #political #pressure caused #Wyoming's #forfeit, despite a split #player vote.
“We have #played against this #athlete for two #seasons, and our #studentathletes felt #safe,” #Wyoming #AthleticDirector #TomBurman wrote via #email. “Our #studentathletes do not support #forfeiting two #matches.”
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"Five Tufts University men's lacrosse players remain hospitalized following a recent workout led by a graduate of a Navy SEAL training program...
About 50 team members participated in the voluntary, 45-minute workout session on campus Monday ... The session was led by a Tufts alum and recent [Navy Seal BUDS] graduate"
#Tufts #TuftsUniversity #CollegeStudents #StudentAthletes #NavySeal #NavySealTraining #Rhabdomyolysis #Rhabdo #Boston #GreaterBoston #Massachusetts
#Black #Basketball #Recruits #Warned About #BrucePearl After #Auburn #HeadCoach #Attacks #VicePresident and the #DemocraticParty Nominee for President, #KamalaHarris.
A #socialmedia #post from the #white #headcoach of one of the top men’s #college #basketball #programs in the #nation has sparked calls for #Black #players he’s #recruiting to consider being #studentathletes somewhere else.
“Bruce Pearl is another #TommyTuberville.”
#NAACP calls on #Black #studentathletes to #boycott #Florida #public #colleges over #antiDEI #policies.
“If these institutions are unable to completely #invest in those #athletes, it’s time they take their #talents elsewhere,” the leader of the #civilrights #organization said.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #ThePartyOfHate #BlackMastodon
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/naacp-boycott-florida-colleges-black-athletes-dei-policy-rcna142549
#Hundreds of #Florida #Students Staged a #Walkout to #Support the #Rights of #Trans #StudentAthletes.
They were #protesting the #punishment of #school #staff who allowed a #trans #girl to #play on the #school's #volleyball #team.
https://www.them.us/story/florida-students-staged-huge-walkout-support-the-rights-of-trans-athletes
I would like to see a timeline of when the various burdensome rules were adopted by the #NCAA ... as I'm a #ComputerNerd, I hadn't paid much attention.
Were I a gambler, I might bet there is a #correlation between #StudentAthletes being heavily penalized for these things with a rise of #BIPOC student athletes.
