Skip Bayless has backed calls for transgender athletes to be banned from girls’ sport after AB Hernandez dominated rivals at the California high school track and field championships.
Hernandez defied Donald Trump to take gold in the girls’ high jump and triple jump over the weekend.
The president previously signed an executive order entitled ‘Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports’. Trump later called for Hernandez to be banned from the event.
A masked pro-trans protestor was also arrested at the state championships after they were seen using a Progress Pride flag to attack a demonstrator.
On Wednesday, former ESPN and Fox Sports host Bayless weighed in on the debate, insisting he is ‘all for radical inclusivity’ but that he must draw the line at transgender athletes competing against girls.
‘It is not fair for an athlete born with male genetics to compete in female-only competition,’ he said on his eponymous show.
AB Hernandez defied Donald Trump’s order to compete at the California state finals
The transgender athlete took gold in the girls’ high jump and triple jump over the weekend
‘Though there are obviously some exceptions, in general male genetics give a trans girl unfair advantage over competitors who were born female.
‘I am all for radical inclusivity at the church I attend. This trans athlete would certainly be welcome at my church.
‘But it is simply not right for this trans athlete to be allowed by the state of California to compete against biological girls. I’m sorry, it’s just not fair. This isn’t a political opinion, it’s just my gut feeling as a sports fan.’
Ahead of last week’s event, the California Interscholastic Federation announced a new policy in response to Hernandez’s recent success. The federation allowed an extra student to compete and medal in Hernandez’s events.
But Trump threatened to withhold ‘large scale Federal Funding’ and blasted California governor Gavin Newsom for ‘ILLEGALLY (allowing) “MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN’S SPORTS.”‘
Protestors descended on the state finals to voice their outrage but Hernandez’s victory was just one of a number of flashpoints across America over recent days.
Another transgender athlete in Washington told critics to ‘get a life’ after they were booed for dominating a girl’s track championship.
In Oregon, meanwhile, two female high jumpers refused to stand alongside a transgender rival on the podium at the high school state championships.
Transgender athlete Veronica Garcia told their critics to ‘get a life’ after they booed the win
Rather than taking their spots on the podium, footage obtained by Fox News showed Alexa Anderson and Reese Eckard turning their backs to the crowd before being ushered away from the ceremony by an official.
Anderson later revealed: ‘We stepped off the podium in protest and, as you can see, the official kind of told us: “Hey, go over there, if you’re not going to participate, get out of the photos”.
‘They asked us to move away from the medal stand, so when they took the photos, we weren’t even in it at all.’
She told Fox: ‘It’s unfair because biological males and biological females compete at such different levels that letting a biological male into our competition is taking up space and opportunities from all these hardworking women.’
