The Mid Vermont Christian School (Vet.) girls basketball team was scheduled to play Long Trail School (Vet.) on Feb. 21 as part of a tournament. However, the team decided to forgo the game rather than play a transgender opponent from Long Trail’s roster.
MCVS head coach Vicki Fogg released a statement explaining their decision, on CNN:
“We withdrew from the tournament because we believe that playing against a biological male opponent jeopardizes the integrity of the game and the safety of our players… Allowing biological males to participate in women’s sports sets a bad precedent for the future of women’s sports as a whole.”
The Long Trail team advanced to the next round of the tournament. They offered no comment on Mid Vermont Christian’s decision to drop out, according to CNN.
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