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The former animator of ESPN Samantha Ponder made her position on men clearly playing female and girls sports on Saturday.
Ponder appeared on “Saturday in America” by PK Press Club Channel with Kayleigh Mcenany and spoke of his decision to denounce the transgender athletes participating in the sports of girls and women. The subject has been strongly debated in recent years, Lia Thomas winning an NCAA title in 2022, and now the Trump administration demanding American schools to comply with title IX.
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Samantha Ponder (Hat Yellow) looks at her husband, the Vikings quarter of the time, Christian Ponder (not illustrated) at the training camp at Blakeslee Fields on July 27, 2013. (Bruce Kluckhohn / USA TODAY SPORTS)
“There is no way in this country, especially in sports, you should not be able to say about your social media accounts:” I do not think that men should be in female sports. “This is something-I speak all the time to athletes, 99.9% of professional athletes, as we know that it is ridiculous,” she said.
“And the fact that we could not say boldly – but with kindness and a certain humility – is crazy. It is crazy that we have come to this point in sport that we simply cannot be honest on what is true and not to be an idiot on this subject, but to say.”
ESPN journalist, Samantha, is thinking about the first half of the 2013 BCS championship match between Our Lady Fighting Irish and Alabama Crimson Tide at Sun Life Stadium on January 7, 2013. (Matthew Emmons / USA TODAY SPORTS)
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Transgender athletes in the sports of girls and women continued to be a major subject in 2025. President Donald Trump signed an executive decree prohibiting men from participating in the sports of girls and women in February. Since then, several states have been informed of the order.
More specifically, California High School’s sports continue to be a chat home as a Transgender Athlete that participated in athletics and volleyball for girls.
Clemson Tigers’ head coach, Dabo Swinney, talks with the journalist for ESPN Samantha Ponder after defeating the deacons of Wake Forest demon at BB & T Field on November 6, 2014. (Jeremy Brevard / USA TODAY SPORTS)
NCAA has changed its gender participation policy after Trump’s order. However, female sports activists said that the organization’s change was not far enough.
