National Review has reported that a female high-school volleyball athlete suffered a serious head injury after a transgender player spiked an ‘Abnormally Fast’ ball.
Newly released video footage shows a North Carolina high-school female volleyball athlete has “suffered a severe injury after a transgender player spiked a ball at her head at an “abnormally fast” speed.” The unwritten assumption was that the ball was spiked at an abnormally fast speed for women’s high school volleyball game.
The male opponent playing for Highlands high school hit the volleyball at approximately 70 mph, according to the Daily Mail. One bystander claimed that it was “abnormally” fast, the publication said. Reportedly, the female teammate at Hiwassee Dam High School experienced trauma to the head and neck. “She is still recovering from long-term concussion symptoms, including problems with her vision. She has not yet been approved to compete again.” By a five-to-one vote, the Cherokee County school board decided that Hiwassee Dam high school intended to “forfeit all games against the transgender player’s school.”
The board mentioned concerns about safety without addressing the transgender component, the fact that a biological male with a significant physical advantage overpowered a female player. Hiwassee Dam’s athletic director attended the school-board meeting and declared that “statement needs to be made that it [was] unfair and unsafe” for his team to go up against Highlands school.
“There is a competitive advantage and a safety concern for certain teams — it’s not the same for all teams,” the school board’s vice chair Jeff Martin said. “I can tell you that the board wasn’t searching out this kind of thing. It was brought to our attention based on safety concerns.”
The article continued: “The biggest thing for us, especially after seeing the video of the injury, we felt very strongly that it was a safety concern,” board member Jeff Tatham said. “I think most of the board members also felt like there’s a competitive advantage issue.”
Such courageous men! None suggested the transgender player should be banned. Their solution was to refuse to play Highlands High School, thereby rewarding Highland’s contemptible policy. As a throw-away line, the article concluded: “The North Carolina incident comes after the scandal with University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who outperformed and outpaced multiple female title-holders in the sport at various national events.”