Simone Biles Never Competed Against Men

By Robin Itzler 

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Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has a lot of nerve! She NEVER had to complete against a MAN (aka trans woman) who might have taken away any of her gold medals and replaced them with silver. Yet she is out there telling 12-time NCAA All-American swimmer and pro-female in sports Riley Gaines to pound sand. 

Referring to the 2022 NCAA championship that was STOLEN by MR. Lia Thomas, the woke Biles posted to Gaines on social media, I should say a vile and irrational post: 

You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser. You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!! But instead… You bully them… One things for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!

The irrationality and vileness of Biles comments are demonstrated in this article, calling Gaines a bully.   How would Biles have reacted if any or all her Gold Olympic medals had been SILVER because some guy who was a mediocre gymnastic athlete decided to be a gal? We don’t think Biles would be singing the same tune if the guy stole her first-place position on the podium.

There’s nothing like worrying that you will lose your $300,000 and $400,000 speaking engagements. A few days later, Biles posted an apology on X that you can tell was not written by her. This is what I tweeted back: 

Ms. Biles, your publicist wrote a nice "apology" for you; however, I do not accept it because I believe your original tweet represents your views. Guess you can add me to your list of sore losers. 

• Women’s Athlete From One Sport Not Threatened by Men Calls for Transgender Sports 
• Simone Biles' 'Body Positivity' Video Comes Back to Bite Her After Insulting Riley Gaines

If you want to contact Simone Biles through her publicist:  Email: (media) alex.rozis@octagon.com Phone: (USA Gymnastics) 317-237-5050 Write: Octagon Public Relations, 7 Ocean St., #S, Portland, ME 04106

Report: Athletes Told to ‘Be Quiet’ About Trans Weightlifter Ahead of Olympic Qualification

Dylan Gwinn 8 May 2021

A former Olympic weightlifter claims that female athletes are being told to “be quiet” about transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard ahead of his Olympic debut.  Hubbard is a 43-year-old biological male competing as a woman. Should Hubbard pass the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) fitness and performance standards, he would become the first trans athlete to compete in the Olympics................“I’ve had female weightlifters come up to me and say, ‘what do we do? This isn’t fair, what do we do?’. Unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do because every time we voice it we get told to be quiet.”........To Read More.....

My Take - I know these kids have been training for years to be a part of the Olympics, but what if they all refused to compete as long as this unfair practice continues?  Sure, the first time it happens they will simply lose out, but they're going to lose out anyway when a genetic male outperforms them.  And getting second or third place shouldn't be their goal.

It should be all be about standing up for what's right.   But they won't because sacrificing for a value is now alien to the civilized world because the civilized world has abandoned the foundational Judaic/Christian values that created that civilization. 

The Myth of the ‘Exploited’ Athlete

By Bill Rice, Jr. October 16, 2019

Somewhere along the way the fact that college sport’s growing revenues were not being shared with poor athletes became offensive or “unfair.”

Beginning in 2023, California’s “Fair Pay to Play” law will allow the state’s college athletes to be compensated for their name, likeness, and image. As athletes are not allowed to share in the massive revenues their talents make possible, they are in effect being exploited, supporters of the law argue.

But are college athletes really being exploited? While “conventional wisdom” tells us they are, conventional wisdom is often wrong… as it is here..........Disadvantaged student athletes at most big-time athletic programs receive both Pell Grants and “cost of attendance” stipends as part of their scholarships. It’s not uncommon for student athletes to pocket more than $10,000/year (about $850/month) from these sources… Not a large amount, but certainly more than enough for athletes to buy toiletries and an occasional late-night pizza.

Student athletes actually don’t need as much spending money as “regular” students.

For example, regular students typically do not receive free housing. In contrast, college athletes (at least those in the “revenue” sports) are housed in dorms or apartment complexes. If a student athlete had to pay rent and utilities for an apartment or dorm, he’d be shelling out at least $10,000/year. Over three years, this is a $30,000 benefit. The student athlete who redshirts and finishes his eligibility in five years receives a $50,000 benefit in housing alone.

College football and basketball players also receive all the food they can eat. In most dining halls, breakfast, lunch, and dinner are spread out in a buffet style that Morrison’s customers would envy

Not only are student athletes not going hungry, they probably eat better than 90 percent of Americans anywhere. How many Americans have the opportunity to choose from dozens of menu items -- waffle stations, omelet stations, fresh juice stations, four meat choices, eight vegetable choices, salad bars, deserts, any drink they want, with repeat trips allowed? The answer: Probably only athletes who play high-profile sports at big-time colleges…………. It’s also worth noting that unlike most “regular students,” no college athlete on a full scholarship leaves college with crippling levels of debt............. To Read More

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