Former college volleyball stars viral clash with…
Former Utah State volleyball star Kaylie Ray turned a viral folks hero in the “save women’s sports” motion after sparring with Arizona state Sen. Catherine Miranda.
Ray shared her expertise enduring the San Jose State volleyball scandal and main a workforce forfeit in protest of a male athlete, at a state schooling listening to Tuesday, while lobbying for a invoice that would offer protections for women’ and ladies’s sports activities in Arizona.
Miranda responded by commenting on Ray’s physique before asking, “So how competitive do you think you really are?”
It didn’t go over nicely with Ray, during or after the listening to.
“How could you look me in the eyes and ask me if I’m competitive. Obviously I’m standing in front of you fighting for something right now. I don’t know what part of that is not competitive to you. But if you want to go toe-to-toe then we can go toe-to-toe,” Ray told Fox News Digital.
Ray fired back in the chamber, reiterating her level in the same tone she started with. But she had to make an effort to keep her composure.
At a state schooling listening to Tuesday, former Utah State volleyball star Kaylie Ray shared her expertise enduring the San Jose State volleyball scandal and main a workforce forfeit in protest of a male athlete.
“I, in the moment, was trying to maintain professionalism, we’re in a professional environment. I was just trying to be respectful and courteous,” she said. “But inside, I was fuming.” Ray even had to call her dad and mom after the listening to, to vent.
When Miranda initially started to tackle Ray, the senator said, “I mean, you look pretty healthy… You look very much in shape and strong.”
Arizona state Sen. Catherine Miranda sparring with Ray about the “save women’s sports” motion.
Sen. Miranda commented on Ray’s physique, asking, “So how competitive do you think you really are?”
Ray didn’t even know what to make of it.
“When she started saying those words, the only thing I was thinking is, ‘Where could she possibly be going with this?’” she said. “It was clear to me as she continued speaking that, for whatever reason, my physical appearance or stature should have some type of effect on how competitive I am with men. So I was definitely thrown off guard.”
Miranda and her workplace haven’t put out a assertion addressing the incident or the backlash. Fox News Digital has reached out to Miranda’s workplace a number of instances for a response.
“They usually tuck their tales and run when they realize that they have lost the plot a little bit. I’m just reminded that common sense is not so common here. And I’m not sure what statement she can put out that can paint her in a good light,” Ray said. “It was not a logical argument in the slightest.”
Ray says she had brothers and competed against them casually, but doesn’t imagine the expertise is relevant to high-level sports activities, particularly at the Division I NCAA stage.
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During Miranda’s response, she cited her own expertise competing with “men.”
“It’s a sports mentality when you’re growing up and how much competition that you’ll take on. So it’s not just a silver bullet for one community of sports players, it’s the individual person on how competitive you wanna be. So you grew up one way. I grew up a different way. I would have taken on a man in a heartbeat. I’ve played in, I was the only girl sometimes in sports. But to have a man on my team, I would have welcomed it,” Miranda said.
At no level in Miranda’s response did she ever use the phrase “transgender” or even “male” or “female.” She merely referred to male opponents as “men.”
According to a 2017 post in Hispanic Engineer & Technology, Miranda beforehand spoke about her expertise enjoying sports activities with her brother.
Ray is lobbying for a invoice that would offer protections for women’ and ladies’s sports activities in Arizona.
“Sports was my life. There were four girls and one boy in my family. My brother turned me into his ‘little brother’ so he could have someone to play sports with. I was a 100% tomboy,” and claimed she was the only woman to play in a local Little League, the web site reported.
Ray says she also has had brothers and competed against them casually, but doesn’t imagine the expertise is relevant to high-level sports activities, particularly at the Division I NCAA stage.
“I have brothers too. I know what it’s like to grow up competing with boys. But around the time that puberty hit, there was a drastic difference,” Ray said.
“I played volleyball from the time I was 8, and in high school, my brother, my older brother… my mom made him try volleyball.”
Ray said she refused to even observe with her brother and his male teammates at that stage.
“It was dangerous,” she said. “It’s silly that I had to explain that to her.”
Ray said she would settle for an apology if Miranda provides one.
“I think if she were to give me a genuine apology I would accept it. Obviously, she comes from a place of ignorance,” Ray said. “I would definitely need to see some action on her end to show that she understands and that she recognizes truth, basic truth.”
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