ESPN broadcaster Sam Ponder came under fire on Sunday as her support for keeping women’s sports fair and equal was the subject of an opinion column from USA Today’s Nancy Armour.
, who has taken the reins to lead the calls for transgender athletes to participate in sports against the gender they were born as instead of the gender they identify as.Recently, Ponder spoke about the issue again after she received about transgender high school runners participating in the girls division in California.
“Did Ponder use her platform to express outrage at any of this? Urge her nearly half-million followers on Twitter to write or call their representatives and ask that women be given the funding and opportunities they rightfully deserve? Did she publicly participate in any of the many excellent documentaries, videos and commentary ESPN did to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Title IX last year? Or even Tweet about them?” Armor wrote.
Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines tweeted the messages she received about transgender high school runners participating in the girls division in California. that the majority of American adults believe gender is determined at birth and are against biological males competing in women’s sports.
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