South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley set the internet abuzz this week after she said publicly that trans athletes who consider themselves women should be sanctioned to play on women's basketball teams.
South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley set the internet abuzz this week after she said publicly that trans athletes who consider themselves women should be sanctioned to play on women's basketball teams.
Staley made the comments to OutKick reporter Dan Zaksheske when he queried her about whether transgender athletes should be allowed to play on women's college basketball teams. That was before Staley's Gamecocks defeated Iowa on Sunday to win the NCAA's women’s national championship. "My focus is on tomorrow's game," said Bluder, adding that the trans issue was an important one for "another time."
"The bottom line is she knows perfectly well that men's basketball is a totally different sport than women's basketball," Gaines said. "That's obvious by the speed of the game, the size of the ball ... the sheer amount of layups compared to dunks when a player gets a fast break in men's basketball, the distance of the three-point line, the list goes on."
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