Riley Gaines calls on NCAA to amend Lia Thomas' records after UPenn submits to Trump on issue

02.07.2025    Fox News    9 views
Riley Gaines calls on NCAA to amend Lia Thomas' records after UPenn submits to Trump on issue

After the University of Pennsylvania agreed to erase all project records set by former transgender swimmer Lia Thomas questions arose about how the NCAA will address Thomas' NCAA title Thomas won the -yard freestyle at the NCAA championships with a time of Thomas also finished in the top in a number of other events denying higher finishes to female competitors While UPenn has wiped those records from its books Thomas' finishes still stand nationally CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMFormer University of Kentucky swimmer and OutKick host Riley Gaines who tied for fifth place against Thomas in that year's -yard freestyle is leading a lawsuit against the NCAA for its policies that allowed Thomas to compete One of the demands in Gaines' lawsuit is that the NCAA rescind all of Thomas' championship finishes Fox News Digital has reached out to the NCAA inquiring if and when it plans to make any changes to Thomas' championship finishes but has not received a response Gaines sent a message to the NCAA about this issue during an interview on Dont Me With Dan Dakich Wednesday OREGON GIRLS OPEN UP ON TRAUMATIC TRANS ATHLETE EXPERIENCES THAT PUSHED THEM TO FIGHT BACK While the Ivy League the University of Pennsylvania will have to rescind his records from their account and their record boards the NCAA as I understand it does not have to So we will see what the NCAA does Gaines commented Gaines doesn't expect the NCAA will amend those records willingly These leaders if you will have remained spineless and weak-kneed and morally bankrupt and just total cowards over the last three years Gaines mentioned At an April press conference while discussing Maine's defiance on the issue White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt asserted President Donald Trump's order and Title IX as federal law noting that violators could be prosecuted Gaines previously stated Fox News Digital she would assistance prosecution as a response to the issue I would love to see prosecution because I believe what is happening is criminal Gaines announced The way that we have been informed that a man's feelings matter more than our physical safety than our rights to participate to call ourselves champions I believe that is a criminal action Therefore I believe it is a criminal offense Someone somewhere has to be made an example of otherwise you will have the woman-hating Democratic Party continue with full steam ahead I believe university agents should be charged Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter

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