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In Minnesota, a 6 -foot high -feet biological man continues to dominate girls’ softball.
In the second year last year, Marissa Rothenberger helped the Champlin Park high school winning 14 consecutive games before the playoffs and was appointed first All-State team-the only subclass of the 4A division to win the honor. Now Junior, Rothenberger remains a show on the mound, with a 6-1 file, 67 stick withdrawals and an MPM of 0.76 in 46 rounds launched, by minnesota softball center.
But not everyone encourages. Many parents and players wonder why a male athlete is authorized to compete in the sports of girls in the first place and why nobody is willing to say anything.
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The player dominates the high school competition in Minnesota. (Tyler Schank / NCAA photos via Getty Images)
The father of a softball player from the Southern Dakota club, who asked to remain anonymous for the intimacy of his daughter, told Outkick that his daughter’s team had played against the Rothenberger team twice last year in Travel Ball.
“Our daughters played the Marissa team twice, and it’s a good club. They are a first-rate club,” he said. “However, when you have a child who goes 3 for 3 and 2 for 2 and launches two sleeves and draws five strikers … Sometimes there are just things you notice that are a little strange.”
His daughter plays in a team with several division I commitments – experienced athletes are used to a high -level competition – but none of them had been said that they would be confronted with a biological man.
“None of us knew that this girl was a boy,” he said. “But when it came out … my 16 -year -old child knew exactly who it was, and she said:” Dude, that doesn’t surprise me. “”
The state of Minnesota allows residents to modify the sex listed on their birth certificates. According to documents obtained by Reduxx, Rothenberger’s mother Heather, “applied to the Hennepin county district court to modify [the athlete’s] Birth certificate shortly after its 9th birthday. The petition was approved and Rothenberger received a new birth certificate showing that he was born “woman” and modifying his name “Charlie Dean” to “Marissa”.
The father expresses security problems concerning the transgender softball player
The player is described as 6 feet with “an exceptional size and strength”. (Photos Jamie Schwaberow / NCAA via Getty Images)
For this father, the question should not be political. This is the safety, honesty and protection of female athletes, especially in a sport like softball where wandering ground or brutal return could cause serious injuries.
“You talk about someone with exceptional size and strength,” he said. “Forty-three feet [from mound to plate] is not so far away. Reaction times – The bat of a 17 -year -old man against a 17 -year -old woman – it’s just … different.
“The security of children on the other side, from a legal point of view, must be respected. Everyone is so worried about being continued by these leftist groups. Well, what about people on the other side of the medal that just want their daughters in a safe environment?”
The lack of transparency (and the incorrect hypothesis that everyone on the ground is a woman) is what has struck her the most.
“There should be no costumes,” he said. “If there is one boy in the other team, the other team should know it – from a security point of view and just for an open and transparent dialogue. Do not hide the players and present them as girls when they are boys.”
He admitted that although the question of trans-identifying men has been a hot button problem lately, he has never imagined that his family would be affected.
“No one has ever thought it would hit it near his home,” he said. “You hear about this thing in Connecticut and Oregon and with Riley [Gaines] While swimming, and you think: “Oh, it’s far”. But when we discovered it, it hit us at home. Everyone was shocked. “”
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This father also thinks that it is time for people occupying management positions to be responsible. He specifically underlined the managers of Softball Elite Fastpitch clubs and organizations, who are supposed to defend their female athletes.
“These people earn a lot of money,” he said. “If you want to be in leadership position, you have to represent these children and intervene and do what is good.”
He cited the original intention of title IX – and how far we get away from it.
“When title IX was promulgated in 1972, there was not a member of the congress, not a judge, not a person in the country who did not know the difference between men and women,” he said. “They knew why this law had been adopted. There was no ambiguity.
“For any reason, people do not defend what is good. There are really three camps: people who think that these children should be able to play wherever they want, people like me who say that it is bad, and people in the middle are sitting on the side and do nothing. These people need to stand up.”
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, in Washington. (AP photo / Alex Brandon)
He left the conversation with a plea for managers. He wants to see a strong policy in place, not only for the rights of his own daughters, but for future athletes on the road.
“It made me absolutely ill-cowardice, apathy on the fringes,” he said. “It is not even a question of being gay or trans. It is cowardice. And if you make this call, you must be called.”
Outkick contacted three main organizations in women’s softball (USA Softball, the Fastpitch Alliance and the first Fastpitch girl) as well as Midwest Speed, the club for which Rothenberger played last summer and fall.
Although the other organizations did not respond, Alliance told Outkick that its board of directors had approved a new athletes’ eligibility policy in January 2025, which limits participation in national events strictly in organic women.
“The eligibility conditions established in this policy are motivated only by the desire of the Fastpitch Alliance to ensure security, maintain equity and avoid any unjust competitive advantage in our Fastpitch competitions for young people only,” Alliance said in a statement in Outkick. “The Board of Directors is actively working to communicate this policy to all members of the members.”
It is important to note, however, that the Minnesota State High School League (as well as all the other guiding organs of the High School State) is distinct from the club softball and operates in its own set of rules. In addition, it is difficult to apply a policy reserved for women in states, such as Minnesota, where individuals can simply change sex on their unlimited birth certificate.
As this southern Dakota father said, until state legislators and sports organizations are ready to draw a clear and compromise line – once in biology, not in ideology – girls and women will continue to be endangered.
