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Minneapolis – The EM had worked for years to become one of the best pitchers of the softball team in its club. She trained hard, won her place and was used to competing under pressure. But when he learned that the teammate against whom he was now expected to compete for the launch time was actually male, everything changed.
“I started crying immediately,” the 17 -year -old told Outkick. “I was pressing me throughout the season to do my best, and once I found out, I thought, all that job was nothing, because the child will still beat me no matter what.”
Mrs. finally made the decision to get away from her club team. For her, she said, it was obvious.
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“If there is a child in this team, I’m not going to play,” he said.
That boy (who identifies as a girl) was the Junior of Champlin Park High School Marissa Rothenberger, who took the mound in the state championship game of Women’s Softball of Minnesota AAAA Class AAAA on Friday morning and took the team to a title after launching a whitish.
After the trans launcher takes the team to the state championship, the opponent and the lawyer demand to speak situation
ADF legal advisor: ‘Minnesota’s policy violates title IX’
The demand, presented last month, argues that the eligibility rules based on the gender identity of Minnesota are a direct violation of Title IX, the Federal Law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in education, including athletics.
“Minnesota currently has a policy that allows male athletes to compete in women’s sports,” said Adf Suzanne Beecher legal advisor, who represents athletes. “But under Title IX, schools that accept federal funds must provide equal opportunities for female athletes. Title IX advances state policies such as this, which violate the equal accommodation requirement of federal law.”
Archive: The protesters encourage during the oratory program in the concentration “Our bodies, our sports” for the 50th anniversary of title IX in Freedom Plaza on June 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna MoneyMaker/Getty images)
The problem, said Beecher, goes beyond basic justice. It is also about security, lost opportunity and institutional negligence.
“This is damaging the girls,” he told Outkick. “They are putting them in security risks, and also denies them the opportunity to advance and experience victory. These are girls who have dedicated hours and years of hard work to be the best they can be. It is a heartbreaking to see that the unfair policies of Minnesota are denying them a leveling play field.”
In February, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that prohibits men from competing in girls and women’s sports, citing these same protections of title IX. The order made it clear that any state that did not comply would run the risk of losing federal funds.
In the direct challenge of this order, the Secondary School League of the State of Minnesota (MSHSL) announced that it would continue its long -date policy of allowing athletes to compete in events consisting of their gender identity, regardless of biological sex. The League cited the Minnesota Human Rights Law and the constitution of the State as the basis of this policy.
Champlin Park and Eagan’s players shake hands after the quarter -final round of the Minnesota Girls Softball Tournament. (Amber Harding/Outkick)
In addition, Minnesota allows people to change the sexual marker in their birth certificate with a letter from a doctor or a court order, creating an escape that essentially makes sex -based protections useless.
“The justification for separate sports is due to physiological differences between men and women,” said Beecher. “States need to have policies that significantly separate sports so that there is a protected category for women. Girls deserve a fair and safe place where they can compete and win.”
Exhibition policy problems in the Softball State Tournament
The problem exploded to Public View this week during the MSHSL Girls state softball tournament, where Rothenberger helped to take Champlin Park High School to the state championship game. Champlin Park knocked Eagan High School, 5-0, in the quarterfinals and Lake White Bear, 3-2, in the semifinals. In addition to throwing consecutive complete games, Rothenberger hit two doubles in that semifinal victory.
The EM launched in the Farmington High School tournament but lost in the quarterfinals. He did not have to face Rothenberger directly, but he watched closely like other girls.
“There are many more girls who deserve more than a child,” he said. “It was very sad to see all the girls cry and have to accept the fact that their opportunity to win a state title was removed just because a child was throwing against them.”
Champlin Park High School has appeared in the headlines after dominating the State Softball Championship of Minnesota behind the performance of Trans Marissa Rothenberger’s pitcher. (Photos of Tyler Shank/NCAA through Getty Images)
Mrs. has already pledged to play university softball in St. Cloud State, but her decision to join the demand was not only to herself, it was about protecting the sports from the girls for those who come next.
“I wanted to join the demand because it is painful to see a child dominating the sport that I and other girls have grown up playing,” he said. “It has been a safe space for so long. And see that change of safe space, I feel that this is the most important reason I wanted to do.”
And his message in the future is simple: “I want only the girls to play in the sports of girls. They take out the men of women’s sports.”
Minnesota is failing in its female athletes
ADF says that Minnesota’s policy not only violates federal law, but also silence to those affected by it. As Outkick previously reported, school officials warned several parents and students in the tournament that will not speak or use messages that oppose trans participation in the state tournament.
The current iteration of the Flag of the State of Minnesota as seen in St. Paul, March 24, 2022. (Mohamed Ibrahim/Report for America through AP, file)
“Not only is title IX violates, but also the voices of female athletes,” Beecher said. “They are told that they can’t talk about their rights.”
Kristi Burton Brown, president of the United Women’s Athletes Board, issued a powerful statement for outkick in support of the EM and others.
“The extreme gender ideology of Minnesota has caused many girls in Minnesota to lose opportunities and risk their safety, including three of our high school athletes,” he wrote. “Science is clear that male athletes have physiological advantages that make it unfair and insecure allow them to compete against women, regardless of how they identify. But Minnesota places their ideology about equity and safety.
“The only way to protect the safety and opportunities of female athletes is to ensure that only girls compete in girls’ sports. Minnesota is failing in their female athletes, and their policy must be changed to reflect biological reality.”
Mrs. will return in the field next year for her senior season. Maybe by then, the rules will be updated with reality.
“I hope that the state tournament next year will be very different from what it was this year,” he said.
