About a year ago, what would have been US Masters swimmer Angie Griffin’s first individual National Championship was given to a male, Hugo “Hannah/Ana” Caldas, who has been misrepresenting himself as a woman and stealing women’s opportunities and awards in swimming, rowing, crossfit, and the now-defunct Grid League weightlifting competition over a 16-year period.
As someone who has 40 years experience in coaching women runners and organizing women's only races (oow retired) I am disgusted with the utter insanity that has been going on for some years in sport. WTF is wrong with the men and women supporting this nonsense.
Sarah thank you so much for highlighting what is happening with USMS and sports boards around the country. The amount of deceit is flabbergasting. Here is what needs to happen to make sure ALL sports boards get the message sent clearly by the IOC.
USMS needs to have it's non profit status withdrawn and fully dissolved. It's structure cannot be resuscitated. The Board members, and anyone on that "tribunal committee" need to receive a lifetime ban on holding any leadership position in any sport. If they also compete, they are banned. A new organization can be formed but not with any of the existing structure. Additionally those Board members should be open to civil lawsuits without Board member insurance protection. They did not act in "good faith" thus the insurance is not in effect.
If that was to happen, other sports boards would think twice about trying to screw women.
It sounds like WA may have stepped in and perhaps Angie will never have to sit in kangaroo court. But it will be interesting to see what punishment these Board members receive by WA. Probably not enough.
Maybe they will keep kicking the hearing down the road because it would only --embarrass them further. People with the wind against them tend to panic and act irrationally.
It is neither hostility nor disrespect to acknowledge a man who identifies as a female remains a man. No one can change their biological sex.
As someone who has 40 years experience in coaching women runners and organizing women's only races (oow retired) I am disgusted with the utter insanity that has been going on for some years in sport. WTF is wrong with the men and women supporting this nonsense.
Sarah thank you so much for highlighting what is happening with USMS and sports boards around the country. The amount of deceit is flabbergasting. Here is what needs to happen to make sure ALL sports boards get the message sent clearly by the IOC.
USMS needs to have it's non profit status withdrawn and fully dissolved. It's structure cannot be resuscitated. The Board members, and anyone on that "tribunal committee" need to receive a lifetime ban on holding any leadership position in any sport. If they also compete, they are banned. A new organization can be formed but not with any of the existing structure. Additionally those Board members should be open to civil lawsuits without Board member insurance protection. They did not act in "good faith" thus the insurance is not in effect.
If that was to happen, other sports boards would think twice about trying to screw women.
It sounds like WA may have stepped in and perhaps Angie will never have to sit in kangaroo court. But it will be interesting to see what punishment these Board members receive by WA. Probably not enough.
Maybe they will keep kicking the hearing down the road because it would only --embarrass them further. People with the wind against them tend to panic and act irrationally.