Two College Presidents Are Very Mad About NAIA XC Leaving North Carolina
Two College Presidents Are Very Mad About NAIA XC Leaving North Carolina
Following Tuesday's announcement that the NAIA was moving its cross country championships out of Charlotte, North Carolina because of the state's anti-LGBT
Following Tuesday's announcement that the NAIA was moving its cross country championships out of Charlotte, North Carolina because of the state's anti-LGBT discriminatory House Bill 2, two NAIA college presidents announced that their teams would not be competing unless the meet was in North Carolina.
In announcing his school's boycott, College of the Ozarks president Jerry Davis said that "It's not the business of the NAIA to tell the citizens of North Carolina how to regulate their bathrooms, nor should athletes be political pawns. This is another example of political correctness gone berserk and is a big mistake." He was downright restrained, though, compared to Oklahoma Wesleyan president Everett Piper. According to the Tulsa World, Piper unleashed the hottest of takes, saying "How can we claim to be an organization that supports women if our leadership is so willing to deny female athletes the right to have their own bathrooms, showers, toilet and lavatory? The NAIA's disregard for such basic rights is sobering."
I count three words for the same thing in there. Neither the College of the Ozarks nor Oklahoma Wesleyan qualified for the 2015 national championship as a team, and they're not ranked in the coaches' polls, but Ozarks did have two individual qualifiers last year.
In announcing his school's boycott, College of the Ozarks president Jerry Davis said that "It's not the business of the NAIA to tell the citizens of North Carolina how to regulate their bathrooms, nor should athletes be political pawns. This is another example of political correctness gone berserk and is a big mistake." He was downright restrained, though, compared to Oklahoma Wesleyan president Everett Piper. According to the Tulsa World, Piper unleashed the hottest of takes, saying "How can we claim to be an organization that supports women if our leadership is so willing to deny female athletes the right to have their own bathrooms, showers, toilet and lavatory? The NAIA's disregard for such basic rights is sobering."
I count three words for the same thing in there. Neither the College of the Ozarks nor Oklahoma Wesleyan qualified for the 2015 national championship as a team, and they're not ranked in the coaches' polls, but Ozarks did have two individual qualifiers last year.
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