Male Volleyball Player Offered Girls' Scholarship
Breakpoint
Colson Center
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🗓️ 4 January 2024
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Summary
Recently, the University of Washington offered a girls' volleyball scholarship to a 16-year-old boy. Swimmer Riley Gaines, perhaps the nation's top advocate for female athletes, broke the news. In response, UW allegedly rescinded the scholarship offer, claiming that they didn't know the recipient was male.
Some parents of girls who play in the same high school league as the boy have said that their daughters didn't realize they were being forced to compete against a male until matches were underway. Of course, they shouldn't have to think about it, and parents shouldn't have to worry about it either.
It's the school's job, along with those tasked with governing school sports, to ensure fair competition and reasonable safety, and to protect the privacy of minors in spaces like locker rooms. But since many aren't doing that job, like Ohio's governor, parents have to be vigilant, ask the hard and awkward questions, and make the tough decisions.
After all, it's only the new normal if everyone goes along.
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| 0:00.0 | With a one minute look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point. |
| 0:04.3 | Recently, the University of Washington offered a girls volleyball scholarship to a 16 year old boy. |
| 0:09.1 | Swimmer Riley Gaines, perhaps a nation's top advocate for female athletes broke the news. |
| 0:14.0 | In response, U-Dub allegedly rescinded the scholarship offer claiming they didn't know |
| 0:19.2 | the recipient was male. |
| 0:20.8 | Some parents of the girls who play in the same high school league as the boy have said |
| 0:24.4 | that their daughters didn't even realize they were being forced to compete against a male until |
| 0:28.0 | matches were underway. And of course, they shouldn't have to think about that. And parents |
| 0:32.2 | shouldn't have to worry about it either. |
| 0:34.0 | It's the school's job, along with those who are tasked with governing school sports, |
| 0:38.0 | to ensure fair competition and reasonable safety |
| 0:41.0 | and to protect the privacy of minors in spaces like locker rooms. |
| 0:44.5 | But since so many aren't doing their job, like Ohio's governor for the record, parents |
| 0:49.1 | have to be vigilant. |
| 0:50.2 | They have to ask the hard and awkward questions. |
| 0:52.4 | They have to make the tough decisions. |
| 0:54.0 | After all, it will only be the new normal if everyone goes along. |
| 0:58.0 | For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with The Point. |
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