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ESPN’s Sam Ponder accused of 'bigotry' after transgender athlete stance
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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.
Ponder, and fellow ESPN colleague Sage Steele, have voiced their
support for Riley Gaines, 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.
Gaines has been at the forefront since she tied with Lia Thomas
in the NCAA Championship in 2022.
Recently, Ponder spoke about the issue again after Gaines
tweeted the messages she received about transgender high school
runners participating in the girls division in California.
“I barely said anything publicly abt this issue & I’ve had so
many ppl msg me, stop me in the street to say thank you+ tell me
stories abt girls who are afraid to speak up for fear of lost
employment/being called hateful. It is not hateful to demand
fairness in sports for girls,” Ponder tweeted.
However, Armour called Ponder’s words “plain old bigotry” in her
column.
“Don’t be fooled by the people who screech about ‘fairness’ to
cloak their bigotry toward transgender girls and women, the
transgender girls and women who have the audacity to want to
play sports, in particular,” Armour started the column.
“This is, and always was, about hate, fear and ignorance.”
Armour particularly took issue with Ponder choosing to speak out
about this issue rather than talk about how girls and women’s
sports don’t have equitable funding with boys and men.
“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.
“No, she did not. Her public concern about ‘fairness’ for female
athletes starts and stops with the miniscule number of
transgender women who are participating in sports.”
Armour accused Ponder of putting transgender people in further
danger with her tweets “by further amplifying the bogeyman that
cisgender women’s participation in sports is being threatened by
transgender girls and young women.”
Armour concluded that Ponder’s opinions have nothing to do with
“fairness.”
Earlier this month, a Washington Post-KFF poll showed that the
majority of American adults believe gender is determined at
birth and are against biological males competing in women’s
sports.
Sixty-six percent of American adults do not believe that
biological males should be allowed to compete in women’s sports
competitions at the high school level, while 34% support
biological males competing against women.
When it comes to college and professional sports, 65% of
American adults don’t believe that biological males should be
allowed to compete in women’s sports, while 34% in both
categories were behind the idea.
In youth sports, 62% of American adults did not believe
biological males should be allowed to compete against biological
girls, while 37% were behind allowing transgender girls to
compete with biological girls.
Fox News’ Houston Keene contributed to this report.
AK2MX2K
11 hours ago
The Press and Left leaning politicians are requiring us to
believe the things they tell us to believe, OR you will be
canceled and ruined!
We have all seen the consequences, even when they were wrong
like with the recent Nurse with the CitiBike.
This is the complete definition of controlled speech. If we
don't find a way to turn this around, it will get worse.
DNC-Malfeasance
11 hours ago
Exactly, Democrats use fact checkers to help break down
objective reality and separate you from the truth. They cry
bigotry when you don't buy that a man is a woman. It is part of
the great reset to authoritarian socialism.
Geza O'Connor
9 hours ago
This is straight out of the communist playbook. Something may be
factually correct, but is politically incorrect.
Ed Jasper
7 hours ago
Its Communism 101. Divide. Destroy. Conquer. Socialism is the
name of the economic system, but the oppression, authoritarian
tyranny, theft and murder are pure Communism.
Michael44 undefined
7 hours ago
fact checkers are left wingers
Amdg
18 hours ago
Remember the names who continue the assault against women
athletes.
As they say, "this too shall pass". The crazy, convoluted ideas
saying trans female athletes are the same as female athletes
will backfire as we see more females get disenfranchised in
sporting venues.
Btw- Is there any trans-male athletes negatively influencing
men's sporting events. I haven't seen one trans-male athlete
win a men's sporting event. Has anyone?
Now, tell me there's no difference.
https://nypost.com/2023/05/28/espn-host-sam-ponders-support-for-
fairness-in-womens-sports-plain-old-bigotry-columnist-claims/
support for keeping women’s sports fair and equal was the
subject of an opinion column from USA Today’s Nancy Armour.
Ponder, and fellow ESPN colleague Sage Steele, have voiced their
support for Riley Gaines, 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.
Gaines has been at the forefront since she tied with Lia Thomas
in the NCAA Championship in 2022.
Recently, Ponder spoke about the issue again after Gaines
tweeted the messages she received about transgender high school
runners participating in the girls division in California.
“I barely said anything publicly abt this issue & I’ve had so
many ppl msg me, stop me in the street to say thank you+ tell me
stories abt girls who are afraid to speak up for fear of lost
employment/being called hateful. It is not hateful to demand
fairness in sports for girls,” Ponder tweeted.
However, Armour called Ponder’s words “plain old bigotry” in her
column.
“Don’t be fooled by the people who screech about ‘fairness’ to
cloak their bigotry toward transgender girls and women, the
transgender girls and women who have the audacity to want to
play sports, in particular,” Armour started the column.
“This is, and always was, about hate, fear and ignorance.”
Armour particularly took issue with Ponder choosing to speak out
about this issue rather than talk about how girls and women’s
sports don’t have equitable funding with boys and men.
“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.
“No, she did not. Her public concern about ‘fairness’ for female
athletes starts and stops with the miniscule number of
transgender women who are participating in sports.”
Armour accused Ponder of putting transgender people in further
danger with her tweets “by further amplifying the bogeyman that
cisgender women’s participation in sports is being threatened by
transgender girls and young women.”
Armour concluded that Ponder’s opinions have nothing to do with
“fairness.”
Earlier this month, a Washington Post-KFF poll showed that the
majority of American adults believe gender is determined at
birth and are against biological males competing in women’s
sports.
Sixty-six percent of American adults do not believe that
biological males should be allowed to compete in women’s sports
competitions at the high school level, while 34% support
biological males competing against women.
When it comes to college and professional sports, 65% of
American adults don’t believe that biological males should be
allowed to compete in women’s sports, while 34% in both
categories were behind the idea.
In youth sports, 62% of American adults did not believe
biological males should be allowed to compete against biological
girls, while 37% were behind allowing transgender girls to
compete with biological girls.
Fox News’ Houston Keene contributed to this report.
AK2MX2K
11 hours ago
The Press and Left leaning politicians are requiring us to
believe the things they tell us to believe, OR you will be
canceled and ruined!
We have all seen the consequences, even when they were wrong
like with the recent Nurse with the CitiBike.
This is the complete definition of controlled speech. If we
don't find a way to turn this around, it will get worse.
DNC-Malfeasance
11 hours ago
Exactly, Democrats use fact checkers to help break down
objective reality and separate you from the truth. They cry
bigotry when you don't buy that a man is a woman. It is part of
the great reset to authoritarian socialism.
Geza O'Connor
9 hours ago
This is straight out of the communist playbook. Something may be
factually correct, but is politically incorrect.
Ed Jasper
7 hours ago
Its Communism 101. Divide. Destroy. Conquer. Socialism is the
name of the economic system, but the oppression, authoritarian
tyranny, theft and murder are pure Communism.
Michael44 undefined
7 hours ago
fact checkers are left wingers
Amdg
18 hours ago
Remember the names who continue the assault against women
athletes.
As they say, "this too shall pass". The crazy, convoluted ideas
saying trans female athletes are the same as female athletes
will backfire as we see more females get disenfranchised in
sporting venues.
Btw- Is there any trans-male athletes negatively influencing
men's sporting events. I haven't seen one trans-male athlete
win a men's sporting event. Has anyone?
Now, tell me there's no difference.
https://nypost.com/2023/05/28/espn-host-sam-ponders-support-for-
fairness-in-womens-sports-plain-old-bigotry-columnist-claims/
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