Protest boys playing in girls sports? Get BANNED from future participation
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Atreides Ornithopter
10:23p, 4/30/24
I wonder if, after they refused to throw, they could have thrown out a Pro-Hamas rant and they got a full ride to Columbia?
akm91
10:36p, 4/30/24
In reply to BBRex
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The girls were, in fact, able to have their protest. They are now facing the consequences of that decision.
Actually, they were punished for their protest. The consequence of their protest is that they lost.
mjschiller
10:51p, 4/30/24
Just another example of satan's minions objective to destroy our country. He had his minion's in all democrat leadership positions
Bubblez
12:49p, 5/3/24
https://www.wdtv.com/2024/05/02/students-who-protested-playing-against-transgender-athlete-can-continue-compete-rules-judge/

Judge grants a preliminary injunction allowing the girls to compete in the final two meets of the season. The coach claimed she had a standing rule that if anyone voluntarily chooses not to compete, then that athlete must sit out the next meet. However, that rule wasn't written down anywhere.

There have been other forms of protest throughout the year which were fine so this suspension had nothing to do with the protest, it was simply violating a team rule.

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Judge Thomas A. Bedell has granted a preliminary injunction, allowing the four students who sued the Harrison County Board of Education to continue playing after their protest on April 18th.

The ruling came after more than three hours of testimony from school officials, a parent, and two of the five girls who participated in the protest.

Judge Bedell addressed the court to specify this hearing was not addressing the issue of transgender athletes in sports. Instead, it was focused on whether there was a violation of due process and if the school prohibited free speech.

Much of the plaintiffs' case hinged on whether an unwritten rule could be enforced. According to Lincoln Middle School Track Coach Dawn Riestenberg, she adopted the "scratch rule" four years ago, one year after taking on coaching the team.

According to Riestenberg, if a student opted out of participating in an event voluntarily, they wouldn't be allowed to compete in that same event at the next meet. Importantly, that rule was never written down, nor given to the student athletes in writing.

Instead, Riestenberg testified that she tells the student athletes of her scratch rule at the beginning of the season. The two students testifying disputed that claim.

A lawyer with the Harrison County Board of Education claimed that the students' free speech rights were not infringed upon by following the scratch rule. Multiple people testified that there were other forms of protesting the issue of transgender athletes in sports throughout the season.

Riestenberg, LMS Principal Lori Scott, and a student all testified that multiple students wore "SWS" shirts -- short for "save women's sports" -- at meets and were not reprimanded. They only reason, the BOE's lawyer argued, that the students were not allowed to participate in the next meet was because they violated their coach's scratch rule.


Im Gipper
2:32p, 5/3/24
In reply to Bubblez
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this suspension had nothing to do with the protest, it was simply violating a team rule.


Since the Judge granted the injunction, it appears he disagrees it had nothing to do with the protest.

Glad to see this Judge stand for what's right and against the transgender attempts to destroy women's sports.

I'm Gipper
Legal Custodian
2:47p, 5/3/24
This is shocking because that's a very red county in West Virginia.
Texas velvet maestro
2:52p, 5/3/24
sickening these kids don't get a normal childhood and they have to ponder politics, shoved in their faces, and this made-up trans issue.

For a lot kids school is the only stable thing in their lives. Go to class, play sports, join yearbook club or whatever.
And these sicko adults hijack it. ,,,for their own sicko kicks really.
Aggie Jurist
2:53p, 5/3/24
In reply to Legal Custodian
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This is shocking because that's a very red county in West Virginia.
May be - but school boards (even in red counties) tend to be populated by activists.
LGB
Im Gipper
2:55p, 5/3/24
In reply to Legal Custodian
Legal Custodian said:

This is shocking because that's a very red county in West Virginia.


Even in conservative places, you can count on Public School to be run by a bunch of worthless Libs!

I'm Gipper
Squadron7
4:01p, 5/3/24
I sense an upcoming rash of "injuries" should these actual girls be later forced to compete against the testosterone laden dysmorphic.
taxpreparer
5:36p, 5/3/24
In reply to Urban Ag
Urban Ag said:

bmks270 said:

I guess they are forbidden to forfeit, so the next move will be simply put in low effort.
Just walk up and scratch every throw or simply drop the shot put a foot outside the ring, in future competitions


That is what these girls did.
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