“We believe playing against an opponent with a biological male jeopardizes the fairness of the game and the safety of our players,”
By Jack Davis, The Western Journal
A Christian school in Vermont forfeited a girls high school basketball game and exited the state tournament rather than play an opponent with a transgender athlete on the team.
Vermont law allows boys who claim they are girls to play on girls’ sports teams.
However, the Mid Vermont Christian School in White River Junction decided to pull its basketball team from the Division IV state tournament rather than play Long Trail on Tuesday, according to Valley News.
“We believe playing against an opponent with a biological male jeopardizes the fairness of the game and the safety of our players,” MVCS head of school Vicky Fogg said in an email to the outlet.
“Allowing biological males to participate in women’s sports sets a bad precedent for the future of women’s sports in general.”