A North Carolina high school athlete has suffered a severe injury after a transgender player threw an “abnormally fast” ball at her head, newly released video footage shows.
The male opponent hurled the volleyball at approximately 70 mph, according to the Daily Mail. The female teammate at Hiwassee Dam High School experienced trauma to the head and neck, reportedly.
She is still recovering from long-term concussion symptoms, including problems with her vision. She has not yet been approved to compete again.
Hiwassee Dam will forfeit all games against the transgender player’s school, a decision made by the Cherokee County school board in a five to one vote.
“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.”
WTF! What else will it take? At least they are forfeiting all games. Although they pussyfoot around the actual reason WHY there are safety concerns, they still make it pretty clear.
It’s just never going to end, is it? The next thing happens, and I think “Surely THIS is it? Right?” Are we confident this will stop even if a female dies?
The video is in the Daily Mail link.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11342755/Female-high-school-volleyball-player-suffers-head-injury-transgender-girl-lobbed-ball.html
news.yahoo.com/female-high-school-volleyball-athlete-191021646.html