MIAA can’t look away
Parents are now forced to address yet another harsh truth thrust upon them by the ideological left.
Young girls need to strategize on how to best compete with biological males. It’s now a matter of personal safety. Those male-born players will likely be bigger, stronger, faster, and backed by educators afraid to speak the truth. So we will.
A reckoning is inevitable. It is time for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) to address this matter today before a girl is crippled.
As the Herald has reported, there’s another injury linked to a biological male playing on a girls’ squad.
The coach for the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell girls basketball team ended a recent game against Lynn’s KIPP Academy at halftime, forfeiting the contest after his third player got hurt.
The video of one of the girls getting injured went viral on social media after Riley Gaines — a former college swimmer who’s adamantly against allowing biological males to play girls’ sports — shared the clip online.
The MIAA sent the Herald a statement that only partially addresses the matter: “The MIAA continues to serve as a resource to its member schools as they navigate the facts of the matter at the local level.”
Navigate? Does that include advice on how to avoid ER bills? The MIAA isn’t saying and that’s what’s wrong here.
In November, a Bay State field hockey player had to be taken to the hospital after a biological male’s blistering shot hit her in the mouth.
The “traumatic” incident led to shrieks and tears all over the field hockey pitch, we reported.
The Herald has learned that this very issue is being discussed by high school coaches and athletic directors who need to balance what’s good for the kids and what’s politically correct. (Translated, what won’t get them fired.)
That’s where this issue now dwells. Gender must be respected! That’s a must. But what about keeping high schoolers safe? That’s the rub.
A bill making its way through the state Legislature calls for requiring sex education in Massachusetts schools to be inclusive of all identities and use “medically accurate, age-appropriate, and comprehensive” information.
This shows lawmakers are addressing transgender realities — but in sex ed classes.
Students are already talking about this issue so the adults need to give them help. The MIAA must step in and set rules for biological boys playing with biological girls.
Hold hearings and make them open to the public. Seek expert testimony and come to a consensus. Offering up meaningless statements is not helping anyone.
Parents need educators to help them tackle the obvious. Kids should embrace sports and feel comfortable that fairness is the foundation. Healthy habits learned in athletics last a lifetime. This issue must be addressed today so students can navigate life in the field of play.
Injuries can be prevented, but addressing each ad hoc isn’t helping anyone.
“It’s incredibly hard for these schools to protect these girls when they have no jurisdiction to do so,” Gaines said on social media. “The state doesn’t protect these girls.”
It’s time for the MIAA to earn its keep. Hold hearings. Set rules. Let the kids play!