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EdmondDantes_

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3. I don't see the relation between poor sportsmanship and trans athletes

Reply to tulipsandroses (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 04:33 PM

Jun 8

She and her dad decided to act with poor sportsmanship and got the consequences of their actions. But the dad thinks that trans girls competing is bad.

"They celebrated AB Hernandez on the podium, and Clara was disqualified for having a celebration. We're lost on that ... I'm confused because now ... I've got to worry about an AB Hernandez jumping into the 400 meters next year?"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2025/06/05/california-track-clara-adams/84046744007/

In high school athletics we should be teaching the athletes to be better people. But I think the original celebration was also utterly classless and shouldn't be emulated. Bringing in a prop says this was planned. They could have asked ahead of time. They didn't and put themselves in that position.

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While people were obsessing over a CA trans athlete - A black female athlete was robbed of her win for paying homage to [View all] tulipsandroses Jun 8 OP

Stupid decision by officials Bayard Jun 8 #1

Imagine if spiking a football and pointing to heaven cancelled your touchdown. n/t Beartracks Jun 8 #2

It used to result in a penalty misanthrope Jun 8 #6

Ohh yeah, i do remember that. Beartracks Jun 8 #8

I don't see the relation between poor sportsmanship and trans athletes EdmondDantes_ Jun 8 #3

You missed the point of the title. It is not about trans athletes. Rather the disingenuous people that claim to care tulipsandroses Jun 8 #5

I think the DQ was excessive, but I don't know what their rules are. Captain Stern Jun 8 #4

It's not just white people that are anti transgender JI7 Jun 8 #7

In the Democratic party latinos and blacks are more anti-trans in terms of sports, etc, than white Dems are Celerity Jun 9 #13

She robbed herself Renew Deal Jun 8 #9

That's some Greg_In_SF Jun 8 #10

CIF followed their, and NFHS rules Mountainguy Jun 8 #11

You missed the part about the official grabbing her arm and yelling at her tulipsandroses Jun 9 #12