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Former ESPN star Jeannine Edwards made her attitude towards transient athletes competing in girls and women’s sports in an interview Tuesday.
Edwards appeared on Outkick’s “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich” and said she couldn’t think there was a debate about the question in sports.
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ESPN -Annoncør Jeannine Edwards on the sidelines of a game between Tennessee Volunteers and Arkansas Razorbacks on Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas, November 12, 2011. (Beth Hall -usa Today Sports)
“I can’t believe we’ve even come to this point,” Edwards said. “I mean 50 years of title IX and all these decades working up to it and getting to the point where women could have equal access, equal opportunities, equal benefits, but they have to be in their own niche. Because let’s see what men have 60% more muscle mass, it doesn’t have anything whether you take heormones or not.
“It doesn’t matter if you say you identify yourself as a woman, I’m sorry that your physiology of your body as a man is very different from a woman’s body. So for me this is a no-brainer and I do not understand why some people on the left think it is a matter that will be a winner for them, just as I do not think this immigration question and deport these criminal aliens, for them. “
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CBS Sideline Reporter Tracy Wolfson, Left, and ESPN Journalists Dick Vitale and Jeannine Edwards have taken a photo before the semi -final matches at NCAA Men’s Final Four in Atlanta, April 6, 2013. (Sean Dougherty-USA today)
The native in New Jersey was an ESPN and ABC Sports TV company from the mid-1990s to the mid-2010s.
A New York Times/Ipsos survey released in January showed that the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, do not think transking athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports.
Of the 2,128 people who were examined, 79% biological men who identify themselves as women said should not be allowed to participate in women’s sports.
Jeannine Edwards and Oklahoma State Defensive Coordinator Glenn Spencer make up before the 138th run by Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 18, 2013. (Winslow Townsson-usa Today Sports)
Of the 1,025 people who identified themselves as Democrats or inclined Democratic, 67%said transnry athletes should not be allowed to compete with women. Among 1,022 Republicans, this number was 94%.
