Olympic swimmer Micheal Phelp’s tried to take a diplomatic approach when asked to address the debate of the University of Pennsylvania Trans swimmer Lia Thomas but when pressed, probably out of fear of being canceled. However, ultimately, the star athlete called for fair competition.
“I think this leads back to the organizing committees again,” said Phelps, who won 13 individual gold medals as an Olympic swimmer. “Because it has to be a level playing field. That’s something that we all need. Because that’s what sports are. For me, I don’t know where this is going to go. I don’t know what’s going to happen.”
Phelps said that while he believes “we all should feel comfortable with who we are in our own skin” that he thinks “sports should all be played on an even playing field.”
“I don’t know what it looks like in the future,” he said. “It’s hard. It’s very complicated and this is my sport, this has been my sport my whole entire career, and honestly the one thing I would love is everybody being able to compete on an even playing field.”
NCAA rules currently permit Thomas to compete on the women’s team. The guidelines are focused primarily on hormone treatments and read: “A trans female (MTF) student-athlete being treated with testosterone suppression medication for Gender Identity Disorder or gender dysphoria and/or Transsexualism, for the purposes of NCAA competition may continue to compete on a men’s team but may not compete on a women’s team without changing it to a mixed team status until completing one calendar year of testosterone suppression treatment.”
Just like National Review Writer, Brittany Berstein wrote, “they do not take bone density, accumulated muscle mass, or other considerations into account.”
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Thomas takes such a dramatic lead over the female swimmers that his presence kills the morale of swimmers. To make matters worse he’s allegedly bragged about how easy the women have been to beat and reportedly compared himself to Jacki Robinson.
