The ESPN star, Stephen A. Smith, made his position on trans inclusion in the sports of girls and women during an interview on Radio Row in New Orleans before the Super Bowl Lix.
Smith appeared in an interview with Bloomberg last week to talk about his political aspirations. The clip was published on Saturday. He said that he considered himself a “centrist” with regard to political trends, but as regards the trans athletes playing in female sports, it was there that he took a different line.
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Sadie Schreiner has a transgender flag after finishing third in the 200m race final at the NCAA DIII in the open air athletics on May 25, 2024. (Jahi Chikwendiu / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
“So that’s how I look at him.” He said.
“It is not only a question of LGBTQ rights. It is a question of predicting the rights of women everywhere, born, and they are disadvantaged.”
Smith’s position came while President Donald Trump has signed an executive decree to prevent transgender athletes from competing with women and girls.
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Stephen A. Smith on ESPN NBA Countdown Live Set in Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, October 23, 2024. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
The NCAA followed Trump’s decree and changed its policy.
Linda McMahon, the choice of Trump’s education secretary, also said that she did not think that Trans athletes should compete with women and girls in sport.
“I do not believe that organic boys should be able to compete with girls in sport, and I think now that not only people have spoken, because it was something on which Trump ran, but I think That the court spoke, “said McMahon.
President Donald Trump signs a decree that prohibits transgender female athletes from participating in female or girls sporting events, in the east house on the White House, Wednesday, February 5, 2025. (AP photo / Alex Brandon)
A national exit survey conducted by the Legislative Action Committee for Women concerned for Women for America (CWA) revealed that 70% of moderate voters saw the question of “Donald Trump’s opposition to boys and transgender men playing Sports of girls and women and transgender boys and men using girls and bathrooms for women, “also important for them. And 6% said it was the most important question of all, while 44% said it was “very important”.
