An Australian soccer team featuring five transgender men won the league title without losing a single game.
The team scored 61 goals and allowed only six. 14 wins, 0 lossesThe team made headlines earlier in the season when one of its players, who is identified as transgender, scored six goals in a 10-0 victory.
Anger towards the club was shared by football commentator Lucy Zoellic and author J.K. Rowling, who has been a vocal opponent of men's participation in women's sport.
“Our association's policy is that players have the right to play as the gender they identify with.”
“It should be a symbol of progress, but somehow the administrators of our sport don't seem to care,” Zelic said of winning the league.
According to reports, Daily MailThe 3pm match took place under a security presence, professional filming equipment was not permitted and spectators' mobile phones were checked in case they were taking photos of the match.
The FA removed the names of the Flying Bats players from its website, but the Daily Mail has chosen to protect the players' identities.
Flying batis a football club for “women and non-binary identifying people.” Reduxfeatures 6-foot-2-inch tall male athlete Riley Dennis (whose real name is Justin). The 32-year-old Towering The female players wore red and black uniforms with the transgender pride flag on either side.
Dennis is said to have injured a female player a few months ago, resulting in the player needing treatment in hospital.
Reports Yahoo Sports Organizers revealed they had called a crisis meeting after a 6'2″ batsman broke the leg of a 5'6″ girl. 24 of the player's teammates reportedly quit because they did not want to play against a team with a large transgender population.
John Ruddick, Member of the Australian Parliament Submitted audio The above allegations were elaborated upon at the meeting.
One club official was quoted as saying they expect the girls to “play in women's competitions.”
“A few years ago, one of the Flying Bats players broke one of our players' legs in two places. She doesn't play football anymore. Being a small club, we've lost 24 players, which is a direct result of not wanting to play against the Flying Bats.”
“They didn't sign up for a mixed-gender competition,” the club president said.
“This madness needs to stop before it destroys everything these women have worked so hard to achieve.”
Teams in the league were also told that if they forfeited a match against the Bats they would face disciplinary action and could be deemed to have engaged in “discriminatory behaviour”.
“Forfeiting two games in a season will result in disciplinary action. If a team were to unite and forfeit a game against a particular opponent, it would be seen as discriminatory behaviour,” an official told a concerned audience.
Former NCAA swimmer Caitlin Wheeler, who competed with the men, called the situation “complete insanity.”
“No matter what identity you have, biology is biology and it cannot be changed,” she told The Blaze News. “These are men's bodies and they have a clear physical advantage. This is completely destroying women's sport at every level. This madness must be stopped before it destroys everything these women have worked so hard to achieve.”
Another official who attended the league meeting Clarified governance policy Regarding transgender people:
“Our policy is that you have the right to play as the gender you identify with. The board is currently working on a diversity and inclusion policy and that's what we have to say and what we're required to say. [sic] What we want to say.”
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