The former NFL star, Shaun Alexander, took a position on the debate on trans inclusion in the sports of girls and women.
The Pro Bowler quarter expressed support for the executive order of President Donald Trump prohibiting trans inclusion against women during an interview on “The Ricky Cobb Show” on Wednesday. Alexander quoted his experience as nine girls for his position on the issue.
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Seattle ball carrier Shaun Alexander passes in front of the Washington defenders at Fedex Field in Landover, Maryland. (Steve Deslich / MCT / Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
“I think it’s a good thing,” said Alexander about Trump’s executive order. “My daughters train so hard … so that they train so hard to arrive where they are and then see people who have genetics, they already have brothers who can already compete with them and they have 14 years old, so you know, if you “the same age in competition with a boy, it’s just difficult, just the body structure alone is just difficult.
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“For everything that gives an advantage in addition to hard work, it is something that would be just overwhelming for any young woman.”
Alexander’s position alignments with the vast majority of Americans on the issue, according to data.
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The former Seahawks flowing the Ball bearer Shaun Alexander during the team match against Green Bay packers on November 15, 2018, at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. (Lawrence Iles / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
A recent New York Times / Ipsos survey Found that the vast majority of Americans, including the majority of Democrats, do not think that transgender athletes should be allowed to participate in female sports. Of the 2,128 people interviewed, 79% said that biological men who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in female sports.
Of the 1,025 people who have identified as a democrats or who lean a democrat, 67% said that transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.
