{"id":277969,"date":"2023-03-13T22:41:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T23:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=277969"},"modified":"2023-03-14T05:00:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T05:00:03","slug":"bogut-shut-down-over-basketballs-trans-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=277969","title":{"rendered":"Bogut shut down over basketball&#039;s trans ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBL1 player Chloe Bibby says she has no problem playing against a transgender player in the NBL1 South women&#x27;s competition after Basketball Victoria confirmed it will approve the player&#x27;s application.<\/p>\n<p>The player in question will reportedly suit up for Kilysth Cobras as news of the league&#x27;s decision whipped up a frenzied debate, with former NBA star Andrew Bogut denouncing the move.<\/p>\n<p>Basketball Victoria confirmed it&#x27;s working through the eligibility requirements ahead of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2023-newcastle-knights-co-captain-kalyn-ponga-latest-concussion-leads-to-phil-gould-question\/2b14ac81-afeb-4be1-b897-cb7f6e8fba43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>NRL &#x27;obsession&#x27; puts star&#x27;s career in &#x27;jeopardy&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><strong>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: \ufeff<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/india-v-australia-fourth-test-2023-delhi-regrets-after-series-loss-steve-smith\/9a5011ae-15f5-4fa2-905f-84ab71dcf243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Aussies rue &#x27;hour of madness&#x27; that cost series<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: \ufeff<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/news-2023-sydney-swans-coach-john-longmire-plays-down-expectations-surrounding-lance-franklin\/557cc58e-fc00-4f6e-8876-f6e7f658dd0e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Warning ahead of &#x27;extraordinary&#x27; Buddy farewell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response to Bogut&#x27;s misgivings, Bibby said she&#x27;d embrace the challenge like she would against any other player.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"247b55df-aea5-43d7-b82d-b3351b38b86e\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/247b55df-aea5-43d7-b82d-b3351b38b86e\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1512\" data-height=\"851\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;As someone who plays in the NBL1, I don&#x27;t care what they identify as or their pronouns, she\/her, they\/them, he\/him because regardless I&#x27;m still gone (sic) try beat their ass on court,&quot; Bibby tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;They want to play ball &amp; I have nothing but the upmost respect for this person. Go kill it queen.&quot;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Bogut expressed disappointment over the news on social media\ufeff on Monday afternoon, calling on &quot;girl dads&quot; to unite.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewbogut\/status\/1635130037514174466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewbogut\/status\/1635130037514174466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Word is @NBL1 South Women will have a biological Male playing this upcoming season,&quot; Bogut tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Are you ok with sacrificing the sanctity of Female Sport in the name of &quot;inclusion&quot;? #GirlDads where are you?<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The hashtag is trendy until action is needed.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Bogut&#x27;s tweets provoked several responses, with many on either side of the debate reaching out to the former NBA champion.<\/p>\n<p>Former NBL player Matt Shanahan wrote the decision would open a &quot;massive can of worms.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m a girl dad who has a 16-year-old daughter in an NBL 1 South squad who has been asked if she would be comfortable with this,&quot; said Shanahan, who is currently coaching the Victorian Metro Under 18s side.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Opening a massive can of worms if this is allowed.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"9cb7827e-9048-4c52-b95d-9196aa6d9252\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/9cb7827e-9048-4c52-b95d-9196aa6d9252\" alt=\"Andrew Bogut\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, gender issues led\ufeff Bogut to take aim at Football Australia over a detail in his son&#x27;s soccer registration.<\/p>\n<p>Bogut shared a picture of gender inclusive options in a drop-down box on his six-year-old&#x27;s registration form.<\/p>\n<p>The list included options for male, female, non-binary or gender fluid players, and a fourth section for those whose &quot;gender identity not sufficiently represented&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Bogut shared a picture of the list to his followers, directly calling out Football Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Football Australia said it was proud of the diversity of its sport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/a><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NBL1 player Chloe Bibby says she has no problem playing against a transgender player in the NBL1 South women&#x27;s competition after Basketball Victoria confirmed it <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=277969\" title=\"Bogut shut down over basketball&#039;s trans ruling\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277971,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277969\/revisions\/277971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}