Transgender athletes in sport: Andrew Bogut weighs in on controversial debate

Bogut took to his personal Twitter account on Monday morning to allege an athlete who was born a man will play in the women’s NBL1 South, which starts next month.

The Boomers and NBA legend didn’t name the player or the team, but made his feelings known about the contentious transgender issue.

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“Word is @NBL1 South Women will have a biological Male playing this upcoming season,” Bogut wrote.

“Are you ok with sacrificing the sanctity of Female Sport in the name of “inclusion”? #GirlDads where are you?

“The hashtag is trendy until action is needed.”

Transgender athletes competing in women’s sport has divided the sporting world over the past 12 months, with many competitions and leagues refusing to play against female-identifying athletes born as a biological male.

It comes as a Christian school in Vermont in the United States forfeited a basketball tournament due to its refusal to play against a transgender athlete.

On February 21 this year, the Vermont Christian school’s girls basketball team was scheduled to play an out-of-state tournament against Long Trail school. This changed when the school opted to forfeit the game due to a transgender player on Long Trail’s team.

“We withdrew from the tournament because we believe playing against an opponent with a biological male jeopardises the fairness of the game and the safety of our players,” MCVS head of school Vicky Fogg said in a statement. “Allowing biological males to participate in women’s sports sets a bad precedent for the future of women’s sports in general.”

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