12-10-2021, 05:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-10-2021, 05:34 PM by cardcrimson.)
Lia Thomas is currently shattering Ivy League records and has a chance to break Ledecky's 500 Free and Missy Franklin's 200 Free NCAA records in the spring.
At issue, is that Lia is transitioning from a male to a female, and has had the NCAA's required one year of hormone therapy to qualify as female. She spent three years on Penn's men's team, and is now swimming on Penn's women's team. Below are two articles I stumbled upon regarding the situation.
https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/ne...be-unfair/
https://swimswam.com/anonymous-penn-swim...mens-team/
Though it clearly impacts college sports and a Stanford star, the topic may be too controversial and/or political to discuss here. If so, please delete the thread. Otherwise, the opinions of the posters here, I think, will be very interesting, especially to me as the father of an aspiring D1 female water polo player.
At issue, is that Lia is transitioning from a male to a female, and has had the NCAA's required one year of hormone therapy to qualify as female. She spent three years on Penn's men's team, and is now swimming on Penn's women's team. Below are two articles I stumbled upon regarding the situation.
https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/ne...be-unfair/
https://swimswam.com/anonymous-penn-swim...mens-team/
Though it clearly impacts college sports and a Stanford star, the topic may be too controversial and/or political to discuss here. If so, please delete the thread. Otherwise, the opinions of the posters here, I think, will be very interesting, especially to me as the father of an aspiring D1 female water polo player.
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.