GUYS HAVE A POWER BASE IN
AFGHANISTAN.
UNBELIEVABLE.
TALK ABOUT RON DESANTIS.
WE WATCHED OVER THE WEEKEND
THESE IVY LEAGUE SWIMMING
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THE NCAA SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
AND WE WATCHED LIA THOMAS WIN
THE FIRST RACE AND SEEM TO THROW
THE OTHERS.
RON DESANTIS IS LOOKING AT THIS
AS FAIRNESS FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS,
WHICH MANY PEOPLE ARE.
EXCEPT FOR THE GOVERNOR OF
INDIANA WHO DOES NOT LIKE THE
IDEA OF NOT ALLOWING
TRANSSEXUALS TO COMPETE AGAINST
WOMEN.
ALONG WITH OTHER LEGISLATURE IN
UTAH AS WELL.
RON DESANTIS USED THIS TIME TO
CROWN THE RUNNER-UP IN THIS RACE
THE WINNER.
AINS SHE IS FROM FLORIDA.
>> Brian: LET’S LISTEN.
>> THE NCAA IS BASICALLY TAKING
EFFORTS TO DESTROY WOMEN’S
ATHLETICS.
THEY ARE TRYING TO UNDERMINE THE
INTEGRITY OF THE COMPETITION AND
THEY ARE CROWNING SOMEBODY ELSE,
THE WOMAN’S CHAMPION.
AND WE THINK THAT’S WRONG.
WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A
PROCLAMATION SAYING THAT EMMA IS
THE BEST FEMALE SWIMMER IN THE
500-METER FREESTYLE BECAUSE SHE
EARNED THAT.
AND WE NEED TO STOP ALLOWING
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE NCAA TO
PERPETUATE FRAUDS ON THE PUBLIC.
>> Steve: EMMA, HE IS DECLARING
THE WINNER ALTHOUGH SHE LOST TO
LIA THOMAS BY 1.75 SECONDS,
KATIE.
>> Ainsley: SHE IS OLYMPIC
MEDALIST TOO.
>> Katie: SHE IS OLYMPIC MIDDLE
MEDALIST.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LETTER THAT
GOVERNOR DESANTIS RELEASED IT
COMPLETELY GOES AFTER THE NCAA.
THE NCAA COWARDLY FASHION REFUSE
TO ADDRESS THIS EXACT ISSUE.
AND TRYING TO IGNORE THE IDEA
THAT WOMEN HAVE FOUGHT FOR QUEAL
EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN WOMEN’S
SPORTS FOR DECADES THROUGH TITLE
9 AND, YET, YOU HAVE THEM
GETTING LETTERS FROM A NUMBER OF
FEMALE ATHLETES AHEAD OF THESE
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
NOT JUST IN SWIMMING BUT IN
OTHER SPORTS AS WELL.
AND THEY HAVE DEFERRED THE
ISSUE.
NOW YOU ARE SEEING THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THAT, OF HAVING
LIA THOMAS AS THE QUOTE WINNER,
TAKING A SPOT AWAY FROM A
BIOLOGICAL FEMALE WOMAN, BEING
BEAT BY A BIOLOGICAL MAN, AND
THE NCAA IS JUST TRYING TO WASH
THEIR HANDS OF THIS
CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE WHEN IT DOES
IMPACT THE LEGITIMACY AND THE
DIGNITY OF WOMEN’S SPORTS.
, WHICH AGAIN, WOMEN HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR FOR DECADES.
SO I THINK RON DESANTIS IS
TAKING THE LEAD ON SOMETHING
THAT THE NCAA HAS PUSHED ASIDE
AND SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED LONG
BEFORE THE CHAMPIONSHIPS NOW
THAT THEY ARE OVER.
A NUMBER OF WOMEN, ANOTHER
SWIMMER FROM VIRGINIA TECH GOT
17TH PLACE IN RACE.
DIDN’T MAKE THE FINALS.
AND HER CAREER IS NOW OVER AS A
RESULT OF THAT.
SO, FOR EVERY BIOLOGICAL MAN
THAT IS IN THE POOL WITH
BIOLOGICAL WOMEN, IT DOESN’T
MATTER IF THEY COME IN EIGHTH
PLACE OR FIRST PLACE, THEY ARE
TAKING AWAY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A
FEMALE ATHLETE TO CONTINUE HER
CAREER OR TO TRY AND WIN A TITLE
AND IN HIGH SCHOOL AS WE ARE
SEEING FEMALE ATHLETES ARE BEING
STRIPPED OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SCHOLARSHIPS, TO MAKE IT TO
FINALS IN THEIR OWN COMPETITIONS
SO THIS REALLY DOES HAVE AN
IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF YOUNG
WOMEN AND RON DESANTIS IS GOING
AFTER THE NCAA, WHICH HAS
REFUSED TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE
WHICH IS NOT GOING AWAY EITHER.
>> Brian: IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH THIS ARE YOU INTOLERANT OR
ARE YOU PRO-WOMEN?
WHAT SIDE ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE.
>> I THINK IF YOU ARE NOT
WILLING TO ADDRESS IT, THAT YOU
ARE ANTI-WOMEN’S RIGHTS.
AND THAT YOU ARE ERASING 30
YEARS, 40 YEARS OF WORK THAT
WOMEN HAVE DONE TO GET WOMEN IN
EQUAL PLAYING FEEDING IN COLLEGE
ATHLETICS.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE HOW FAR THIS
GOES.
OF COURSE ATHLETICS DON’T STOP
AT COLLEGE.
THEY START IN MIDDLE SCHOOL,
HIGH SCHOOL, AND GO ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THE OLYMPICS AND OTHER
SPORTS.
>> Brian: WE SHOULD GET SERENA
WILLIAMS AND MARIA GO TO BAT AND
LET NCAA TAKE THEM ON.