The Florida High School Athletic Association fined Monarch High $16,500 and placed the suburban Fort Lauderdale school on probation for 11 months.

Florida’s state athletic board fined a high school and put it on probation Tuesday after a transgender student played on the girls volleyball team, a violation of a controversial law enacted by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature.

The Florida High School Athletic Association fined Monarch High $16,500, ordered the principal and athletic director to attend rules seminars and placed the suburban Fort Lauderdale school on probation for 11 months, meaning further violations could lead to increased punishments. The association also barred the girl from participating in boys sports for 11 months.

The 2021 law, which supporters named “The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” bars transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes identified as girls at birth.

The student, a 10th grader who played in 33 matches over the last two seasons, was removed from the team last month after the Broward County School District was notified by an anonymous tipster about her participation. Her removal led hundreds of Monarch students to walk out of class two weeks ago in protest.

  • Flying Squid
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    10 months ago10 months ago

    Interesting how conservatives act like they really care about women’s sports if a trans girl is playing on the team, but they were over the moon when the USWNT got knocked out of the World Cup. And don’t even suggest they go to a WNBA game.

    • violetraven
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      10 months ago

      I remember the conservative shit fest they had over USWNT asking for equal pay to the men’s team.

      • Cosmonauticus
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        10 months ago

        To be fair the USWNT was full of shit on the equal pay thing

        • violetraven
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          10 months ago

          I tried researching it after watching the ‘LFG’ documentary and most sites were MRA bluster. What did you find out?

            • Maggoty
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              10 months ago

              You uhhhh, didn’t read past the first couple paragraphs did you? It was some rather selective accounting.

              • Cosmonauticus
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                10 months ago10 months ago

                Cordeiro’s letter stipulated that the totals do not include money received by U.S. Soccer from FIFA for World Cup bonuses. With that money included, federation analysis said that the men earned $41 million for the same nine-year period, compared to $39.7 million for the women.

                Considering that revenue and profits for the men’s world cup ABSOLUTELY DWARF the women’s world cup this makes perfect sense. And considering the huge gap in revenue and profit a $1.3 million differences is completely acceptable

                • Maggoty
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                  10 months ago

                  And then literally everyone else involved said the numbers they presented were false and selective.

  • IchNichtenLichtenEnglish
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    10 months ago

    So glad we fixed climate change, wealth inequality, bigotry, rising fascism, homelessness, etc so we can work on the real issues.

  • yesman
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    10 months ago

    Her removal led hundreds of Monarch students to walk out of class two weeks ago in protest.

    The kids are alright.