A transgender NCAA track and field athlete is criticizing the college sports organization for not giving more scholarships to men who identify as female to play women’s sports in college.
According to Fox News, Rochester Institute of Technology Sadie Schreiner recently condemned the lack of sports opportunities for transgender athletes.
“On top of all the barriers that transfer typically faces, there’s an added layer that because I’m trans, 50% of the country has banned me from attending, and that means I can’t get into any of those colleges. Can’t participate, even if they get to me. The whole ride,” Schreiner said.
Schreiner also stressed that state rules wouldn’t prevent her from attending those schools if she wanted to.
“It also became clear that in states that did this, no matter how adamant the coaches were about keeping me on their teams, college administrations would usually prevent them from allowing me to participate.”
Schreiner has already sparked controversy by snatching a spot from a woman at the 2024 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in May.
The athlete also competed at the Liberty League Championship meet and won both the women’s 200m and 400m, breaking the 400m record, Fox News reported.
“Trans people are being actively attacked right now, and our rights are being taken away, and people in power are either supporting it, or they’re allowing it to happen,” Schreiner said. “But we are not going anywhere. I’m not going anywhere and I’m sure you’ll see me competing on the track again this January.”
Schreiner did not specify what she meant by “being attacked,” but many trans activists claim that trans people are facing more incidents of violence and even murder, but know from actual data. It turns out that this claim is not true.
Twenty-six states have passed laws to restrict gender-affirming care, and many of these laws include bans on transgender athletes in government-sponsored schools.
The NCAA is already being sued by multiple women over its policies allowing transgender athletes to compete as women, not to mention the Attorney General of Texas.
The entire case is about to end up before the US Supreme Court.
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