Former NBA star Chandler Parsons was amongst these to weigh in after South Carolina Gamecocks basketball coach Daybreak Staley was requested about transgender participation in girls’s sports activities.
Staley expressed her help for transgender participation in girls’s sports activities, sparking a bunch of response throughout social media. Parsons, who performed at Florida earlier than changing into an necessary starter for the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks, requested one query concerning the feedback.
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Chandler Parsons of the Houston Rockets throughout Sport Six of the Western Convention Quarterfinals in opposition to the Path Blazers on Might 2, 2014, on the Moda Middle in Portland, Oregon. (Sam Forencich/NBAE by way of Getty Photographs)
“So if Zach Edey wants to be a women (sic), he can play against you next season?” he wrote in response.
Even because it was possible rhetorical, Edey wouldn’t be allowed to play in Parsons’ circumstance. He must have at the least one calendar yr of suppression therapy and supply documentation twice yearly and as soon as throughout the weeks of competitors within the NCAA championships.
Throughout a press convention, OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske asked Staley her thoughts on the burning concern within the U.S.
South Carolina head coach Daybreak Staley directs her crew throughout the Last 4 recreation in opposition to North Carolina State within the NCAA Event, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Picture/Carolyn Kaster)
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“I’m of the opinion of, if you’re a woman, you should play. If you consider yourself a woman, and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play. That’s my opinion. You want me to go deeper?” she mentioned.
When requested whether or not she thought “transgender women should be able to participate in women’s college basketball,” Staley responded, “Yes.”
South Carolina head coach Daybreak Staley reacts throughout the Last 4 recreation in opposition to North Carolina State, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Picture/Morry Gash)
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“That’s the question you want to ask, I’ll give you that. Yes, yes. So, now the barnstormer people are going to flood my timeline and be a distraction to me on one of the biggest days of our game, and I’m OK with that. I really am,” she added.
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