Female High-School Volleyball Athlete Suffers Serious Head Injury after Transgender Player Throws ‘Abnormally Fast’ Ball

National Review via Yahoo ^ | October 22, 2022 | Caroline Downey

[grundle]

A North Carolina high-school volleyball athlete has suffered a severe injury after a transgender player threw an “abnormally fast” ball at her head, newly released video footage shows.

The male opponent hurled the volleyball at approximately 70 mph, according to the Daily Mail. One bystander claimed that it was “abnormally” fast, the publication said. The female teammate at Hiwassee Dam High School experienced trauma to the head and neck, reportedly.

She is still recovering from long-term concussion symptoms, including problems with her vision. She has not yet been approved to compete again.

Hiwassee Dam will forfeit all games against the transgender player’s school, a decision made by the Cherokee County school board in a five to one vote.

The board mentioned concerns about safety without addressing the transgender component, the fact that a biological male with a significant physical advantage overpowered a female player.

“The County will not participate in any volleyball games, varsity or junior varsity, against Highlands due to safety concerns,” the minutes from the board’s meeting read.

Hiwassee Dam’s athletic director attended the school-board meeting and declared that “statement needs to be made that it [was] unfair and unsafe” for his team to go up against Highlands school.

“There is a competitive advantage and a safety concern for certain teams — it’s not the same for all teams,” the school board’s vice chair Jeff Martin said. “I can tell you that the board wasn’t searching out this kind of thing. It was brought to our attention based on safety concerns.”

“The biggest thing for us, especially after seeing the video of the injury, we felt very strongly that it was a safety concern,” board member Jeff Tatham said. “I think most of the board members also felt like there’s a competitive advantage issue.”

[JimRed]

You don’t “throw” a volleyball. You hit it, set it, spike it, dig it, serve it, but you don’t throw it.

[higgmeister]

They do throw back and forth in *warm-ups. It was a team mate. The jerk tranny should go to prison for assault. No reason to throw that hard.

This doesn't sound like it was a team mate.   The athletic director claimed it was "unfair and unsafe” for his team to go up against Highlands school.   Two different schools, one with a genitic male who spiked the ball like it was shot out of a cannon.

“The County will not participate in any volleyball games, varsity or junior varsity, against Highlands due to safety concerns,” the minutes from the board’s meeting read.

Hiwassee Dam’s athletic director attended the school-board meeting and declared that “statement needs to be made that it [was] unfair and unsafe” for his team to go up against Highlands school.

[Tom Bombadil]

let’s just all pretend that the so-called girl wasn’t really a male and also pretend that the ball to the head didn’t injure a female who could be kicked out of school for not using the proper pronoun to describe the male who injured her. (I made that last part up because in many places not pretending is being punished).

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Women have a choice this November. They can vote to protect their daughters from this, or they can vote for the right to abort their daughters.

[Bshaw]

“Couple of football players need to ‘visit’ that pervert for a few decisive minutes.”

You’re showing your age. I know damned well, if a dude showed up to school in a dress and told everyone he was to be addressed as a she, back in the day, you know, the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s...

He would have been cured with a quickness and would have never broached the topic again publicly.

[tomkat]

You’re showing your age.

Oops  (70s ;-)

[tomkat]

Excellent post - spot on !