I have a few issues with that article.

First, the header, "leaves out he’s transgender," should read "she's transgender." Not off to a great start when you purposefully use the wrong pronoun.

In the second paragraph, the article claims Montana was being "circumspect" by listing Eastwood as the Athlete of the Week rather than Female Athlete of the Week. After spending two more paragraphs writing about how Montana made no note of male/female Athlete of the Week, it is not until the third to last paragraph of the article that the author actually quotes the cross country SID at Montana, who says, "I guess that’s just the way I write it." The article then notes that "he did the same for other athletes last month and in March who were recognized by the Big Sky Conference." It's actually pretty common in NCAA athletics to refer to just athlete of the week rather than qualify as male or female. I've linked to a story from yesterday where ND's Anna Rohrer was named Performer of the Week, no qualifier. It was disingenuous for the author to suggest Montana was trying to hide something.

I chuckled when the author assumed the other athletes Eastwood beat were biological females based only off their head shots. Look at June Eastwood's bio pic on Montana's page, and tell me if it's obvious she is transgender.

The article then references and quotes from American Thinker, which is a trash website that would get a bad delete on the Political Board.

I think one can have a completely separate discussion about the rules regarding transgender participation in sports (i.e., testosterone level testing vs. hormone suppression). There likely will never be a perfect system, and even the Olympics have yet to come to a consistent place, varying between distances and disciplines in the same sport. I think the NCAA has come out in a pretty good spot (which, again, may not be perfect) in requiring one year of testosterone suppression treatment. The idea that a person seeking gender reassignment will just flush pills down the drain or that a doctor will blindly just check off a box saying "All good," is silly. A school and team doctors need to document and monitor the hormone or surgical suppression over the course of the year.

If a transgender student-athlete in the ACC meets all NCAA eligibility requirements to compete, then they should be able to receive any awards available to them.

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