I totally feel Andrew Bogut here as a girl dad myself.
NBA champion Andrew Bogut is apparently livid at the fact that a transgender athlete has applied to join an Australian women’s semi-professional basketball league, with the Aussie calling on girl dads to stand up against the idea of biological men playing in female sports.
“Are you ok with sacrificing the sanctity of Female Sport in the name of ‘inclusion?'” Bogut tweeted Sunday, tagging the Aussie league NBL1.
Word is @NBL1 South Women will have a biological Male playing this upcoming season.
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.
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) March 12, 2023
Bogut then hit back at a Tweet from a user who goes by Saraid Taylor:
Its makes me sad you are ok with Women’s sport and Women’s spaces being taken over by Men
I dont condone any abuse to the Kilsyth player, nor do I blame the player.
I blame the league/club admin and officials for allowing it.#SaveWomensSports https://t.co/0jm3zDHBLn
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) March 13, 2023
The nonprofit organization Basketball Victoria confirmed it received an application from a transgender woman to play in NBL1 South. It appears the biological male will be allowed to play on the Kilsyth women’s team, according to Sky News.
As a girl dad, I completely get where Andrew Bogut is coming from.
It has nothing to do with “hating” transgender people like some push — it has everything to do with preserving women’s sports and making sure there’s equal and fair play for your daughters, and what’s wrong with that? (RELATED: ‘Ain’t Taking No Sh*t’: Brook Lopez And Trey Lyles Ejected After An Outright Brawl Nearly Explodes In Bucks-Kings Game)
Absolutely nothing, that’s what. I stand with you, Mr. Bogut.