The Florida High School Athletic Association fined Monarch High $16,500 and placed the suburban Fort Lauderdale school on probation for 11 months.

Florida’s state athletic board fined a high school and put it on probation Tuesday after a transgender student played on the girls volleyball team, a violation of a controversial law enacted by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature.

The Florida High School Athletic Association fined Monarch High $16,500, ordered the principal and athletic director to attend rules seminars and placed the suburban Fort Lauderdale school on probation for 11 months, meaning further violations could lead to increased punishments. The association also barred the girl from participating in boys sports for 11 months.

The 2021 law, which supporters named “The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” bars transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes identified as girls at birth.

The student, a 10th grader who played in 33 matches over the last two seasons, was removed from the team last month after the Broward County School District was notified by an anonymous tipster about her participation. Her removal led hundreds of Monarch students to walk out of class two weeks ago in protest.

            • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
              5·
              9 months ago

              I used to actually try to reason with people like you, with citations and ethical appeals – the whole nine yards.

              But you know what I learned? You can’t logic someone out of a position they didn’t logic themselves into.

              No matter what anyone says, you lot really want to use those skull calipers, and ain’t no data, logic, or ethics going to stop you.

              And yes, it’s absolutely bigoted and sexist to imply that activities should be segregated by gender. That’s objectively a bigoted opinion. You just don’t want to admit it, because it would mean you choose to be a bad person.

              Again, you won’t let something like an objective fact stop you, so far be it from me to waste my time with people like you.

    • violetraven
      11·
      9 months ago

      Something else came to mind while reading this article:
      https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/09/sports-gender-sex-segregation-coed/671460/

      “There are players on teams that we play that are faster than me, that are stronger than me, that can hit the ball harder than me. So I knew that [the league’s] arguments didn’t really have any basis in that regard.”

      This is what I’ve experienced in roller derby. The only thing carrying me is that I was taught how to ice skate and play hockey since I was 4. Again, pointing to a socializing aspect rather than a “gendered” thing.

    • darganon@lemmy.world
      4·
      9 months ago

      The funny part is volleyball is a perfect example of how to separate men’s and women’s sports. The women’s net is 8 inches lower than the men’s. The men are still faster/stronger and hit harder, and the women’s games are still fun to watch. Why not alter the playing field since the sexes aren’t physically equal? Make the NBA hoop lower, make the women’s soccer field smaller. There is a lot that can be done.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      Tradition. Because some people can’t handle that little Billy is never going to play at a higher level than the high school team?

      All sorts of reasons. None of them are good though.