Earlier this month, we celebrated “American Girls in Sports Day.” Unfortunately, this year, this day is a somber one as women's and girls’ sports are under attack by the Biden-Harris administration.
While most people know me as a football coach, my first job out of college was coaching girls’ basketball right after the implementation of Title IX 52 years ago. I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: Title IX is one of the best pieces of legislation to come out of Congress. It granted female athletes access to the same facilities, scholarships and opportunities as men.
Sadly, the Biden-Harris administration has taken a sledgehammer to women’s sports. They have shoved their anti-woman agenda—disguised as “equality”—down the throats of the American people. We must expose this war on women every chance we get. They are doing everything in their power to rewrite history.
Earlier this year, the Education Department rewrote the Title IX rule. The implications for female athletes are enormous. Biden and Harris’ rule bans schools that wish to receive funding from having any areas designated for a particular gender – that includes locker rooms and bathrooms. So, schools are forced to choose between protecting women and receiving critical federal funding.
Scholarships have been taken away, teams are forfeiting games, and women are losing their spots in the lineup they have worked so hard for, all in the name of woke ideology. Opportunity has been snuffed out by mentally ill biological men who can’t compete in their own league and decide to “transition” so they have a chance to be recognized.
Just in the last few months, we have seen a woman forced to box against a male during the Summer Olympics and five NCAA volleyball teams forfeit matches against San Jose State, who has a male on their roster. How did we get here? What does the Biden-Harris administration have against women?
Most Americans agree: men don’t belong in women’s sports. So, where do we go from here? We must pass legislation to protect our daughters and granddaughters. We must expose the dark, hypocritical narrative of the Left saying they are “the party of women” while allowing women to lose out on opportunities to men. We must fight for women to have an equal playing field—plain and simple.
I have talked to student-athletes, parents, coaches, and teachers from all over the country about this. I even forced the Senate to vote on my bill, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. Unsurprisingly, every single one of my Democratic colleagues voted against it. I suggest they ask their daughters, granddaughters, and nieces if they want to share the locker room and court with a man. I would boldly guess their answer would be no. This isn’t about politics, and it wasn’t for the last 52 years. It’s about right and wrong.
I pray that God continues to protect our nation’s female athletes before someone seriously gets hurt.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, and HELP Committees.
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