Riley Gaines, a former decoration NCAA swimmer For the University of Kentucky, he praised the Trump administration on Wednesday after it was announced that $ 175 million in federal funds for the University of Pennsylvania had stopped for the inclusion of the university’s transgender athletes in women’s sports.
“The Trump administration has again taken rapid measures to maintain common sense and preserve women’s opportunities by stopping $ 175 million in federal funds to the University of Pennsylvania,” Gaines, the host of Outkick’s “Gaines for girls” Podcast, told Pak Gazette Digital on Wednesday.
Riley Gaines speaks before the governor of Florida Ron Desantis at the Greenville Convention Center on June 2, 2023. (McKenzie Lange/Staff/USA Today Network)
“Upenn allowed a man to compete in female swimming, stripping female athletes such as me and my companions of his podium companions, trophies and records all while they force them to share a costume with this completely intact man who was exposed to us.”
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She continued: “This proactive step sends a clear message: the institutions that ignore the integrity of women’s sports and the rights of female athletes will face consequences. More than this.”
A senior administration official on Wednesday told Fox Business on Wednesday that the administration has stopped $ 175 million in federal funds. This did not account for the total federal financing of UPENN, which the University previously reported last year was around $ 1 billion.
Pause is not a direct result of UPENN investigation, which the Department of Education announced one day after the president signed the executive order to “keep men out of women’s sports” on February 5.
Lia Thomas applauds teammates in the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championship in Harvard, on February 19, 2022, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo AP/Mary Schwalm)
The Trump administrator stops $ 175 million in federal funds for UPENN for the inclusion of trans athletes in women’s sports
In a statement to Pak Gazette Digital, a University spokesman said that UPENN has not received any “official notification” of the financing pause, adding that the University had and is in “full fulfillment” with the policies of the NCAA and Ivy League.
“We are aware of the media reports that suggest a suspension of $ 175 million in federal funds to Penn, but we have not yet received any official notification or detail. However, it is important regulations that apply to just Penn, but of all IVY teams. “
Gaines, a former 12 -time American swimmer from the NCAA, found himself at the Center for National Attention when he tied with Lia Thomas de Upenn, a transgender swimmer, in the National Championships of the NCAA of 2022.
Riley Gaines tied Lia Thomas for fifth place in the 200 freestyle finals in the NCAA swimming and diving championships. (Brett Davis-USA Today Sports)
Thomas and Gaines tied in the fifth place in the Free Final of 200 yards, but it was Thomas who received the fifth place trophy to pose for photos. Thomas would also win a national championship title in the freestyle of 500 female yards.
UPENN is still at risk of losing all its federal funds in the midst of investigation into possible violations of Title IX.
The Craig Trainor Civil Rights Secretary said in a statement provided by the Department of Education last month that three institutions would be investigated due to suspicions of violations of Title IX.
In addition to Upenn, San José State University, What reached the headlines in the fall after several schools refused to play the female volleyball team due to a trans athlete on the list, and the Massachusetts interscolstic athletic association is also being investigated for alleged violations.
