Women's basketball players criticize opposing team with trans player for 'personal attacks,' 'inciting violence'
Women's basketball players from Columbia Bible College (CBC) in British Columbia, Canada, signed a letter in response to the opposing team refusing to play with CBC over allegations of harassment of a transgender player.
Vancouver Island University (VIU) announced Thursday that it will not play its two games against CBC this weekend after an incident in the last meeting between the two teams in October, alleging that the CBC coach treated an athlete in a manner that violated the coach's rule. Code of Conduct. VIU asked its conference, the Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST), not to punish its team for not playing these games due to the current situation.
VIU's transgender player, Harriette Mackenzie, has come out and said that CBC coaches and players behaved in an abusive manner.
The letter from the CBC players, obtained by Fox News Digital, criticizes the VIU team for “personal attacks,” “degrading comments” and “violent comments,” toward their coach.
“Videos and letters posted by members of the VIU women's basketball team over the past three months directly violated many of the rules outlined in Article 17.2 of this manual. The various posts included 'personal attacks,' 'derogatory comments,' 'disrespect. PACWEST, ' and led to 'comments inciting violence and/or hatred' directed at our coach,” the letter reads.
“Any allegations made by VIU players about our team and coach should have been told to PACWEST officials alone, not made public on social media.”
The publication even called the statements of the VIU players “false information.”
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“The attacks on Coach Claggett's character, and the character of our team, over the past three months are based on misinformation and one side of a complex situation,” it read.
Mackenzie posted video on the athlete's Instagram page on October 30, allegations that Columbia Bible coach Taylor Clagett “pointed at one of our athletic staff and continued to insult me that I shouldn't be allowed to play.”
Mackenzie said she was also raped on purpose by a Bible student from Columbia.
“I was knocked down with two hands by No. 13 without playing the ball, and coach Clagett was seen clapping his hands in support,” said the trans athlete.
Mackenzie helped lead the Mariners to the 2022-23 Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national championship. This season, the athlete is second in the PACWEST in scoring at 16.1 points per game and third in rebounds at 9.4 per game, as VIU is 11-1 in the conference. Mackenzie is also second in the conference in shooting percentage at 49.7%.
“I believe that all trans people should be included in sports. But it really upsets me, because I play – and I'm forced to play – in a very serious biological situation,” Mackenzie said in the video. “I never went through male puberty. I only went through female puberty. And I don't have ovaries, I don't have testicles, so I have no way to make any testosterone.”
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The CBC player letters also allege that VIU's team violated standard procedure for canceling games, and that PACWEST did not hold VIU to the proper standards.
“In the past, if a team refused to participate and attend a scheduled game, they would receive 0 points in the division. By postponing the games this weekend, PACWEST is going against the standard operating procedure. There were no valid reasons given to our team to justify this departure from standard procedures,” the letter reads.
“Additionally, Article 13 section 9.1.1 states that if a team is unable to play a scheduled game the coach or athletic director must contact the opposing athletic director to 'show cause for his inability to meet his scheduled commitment.' To our knowledge, this requirement has not been met. “
The CBC players, who have been silent until now, believe they can't anymore.
“Until now we have not been silent. We have shown respect to PacWest and VIU over the past few months by staying on social media and expressing our concerns through official channels. The VIU women's basketball team has not had the same respect from PacWest. or CBC and has he communicated mainly on social media,” the letter reads.
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“Their behavior has benefited from the way their refusal to play this weekend has been handled, we are writing this letter to ensure that our voices are heard in this discussion, and the respect we have shown throughout this process is not seen as passive. “
As of June 2017, all jurisdictions within Canada expressly within the Canadian Human Rights Act, equal opportunity and/or anti-discrimination legislation prohibit discrimination based on gender or gender expression. This law protects the inclusion of all trans athletes in women's and girls' sports.
In America, the president-elect, Trump, has vowed to ban revolutionary athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. Trump has also repeatedly suggested that Canada join the US, potentially as the 51st state.
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