Dads Defending Daughters
Originally published by Broad + Liberty
We’ve held many titles in our lives - athlete, Marine, mayor, mentor, coach. But the most meaningful one we will ever hold is Dad.
We are fathers of daughters: bright, determined, compassionate young women with big dreams and even bigger hearts. We’ve watched them learn, compete, and grow in a world that is becoming more complicated by the day. We’ve taught them to work hard, play fair, and stand up for what’s right. Yet today, we are watching a system that has stopped fighting for them.
Across America, the landscape of girls’ sports is shifting. Policies once designed to ensure fairness and opportunity are being re-written in ways that can disadvantage the very girls these sports were created to empower. When female athletes lose spots, medals, or scholarships they earned, it sends a painful message: your hard work doesn’t matter anymore.
We cannot, and will not, accept that.
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