into the pool, it s a man who is competing against women. this is grossly unfair. sean: so of course we are thomas the only trans athlete out there. jerry chantel sounding the alarm. you had a pretty distressing morning for us about the future of women s sports. what is it? yes, thank you for having me. my message this evening is a call to action and it is that what you see right now in women s athletics is going to be the extinction of women s sports in general. this is the beginning stages of what this looks like. we need people to understand what is going on in athletics. we need people to understand that this is a complete discrimination of women and what is happening that we do not have our institutions and our universities and our governing bodies standing by watching this
women in the sports, u.s. soccer. i want you to hear from megan rapinoe, she s one of the plaintiffs in the suit. here s her reaction. i m just so proud, to be honest. so proud of all the hard work all of us did to get us here. obviously, the players on the team, the players this lawsuit represents and our extended team that has helped us, but it s a really amazing day. i think we re going to look back on this day and say, this is the moment that u.s. soccer changed for the better. and again, u.s. soccer changing it for the better, not just for soccer but women s sports in general. this all has to be finalized in negotiations with u.s. soccer. the men s team will be at the table for that as well and excited to see how this moves forward. a huge day and a long time coming. great to see you. turn back to our top story this hour. russian troops on the move in the eastern part of ukraine.
what do you think this mean for women s sports in general? this is a huge win. i can t underscore the importance of them battling for six years, and refusing to be deterred even when they lost in 2020. the women s soccer team knows they re very popular, they re fan favorites and they work really hard. and that s the case for so many sports for women. you look at the wnba, women s tennis. and i highlight women s tennis specifically, because it is the only sport where there is some sort of pay equity. and that has a lot to do with billie jean king, my mentor. the battle of the sexes. i m sure you re familiar with it. it has been going on for decades and they re not quite there. tennis players get paid such as much as mail tennis players and that was the only sport until recently. so we look at what these women have put up with and how they sacrificed. we have to get to the point and
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skeleton, circulatory system, hard and nothing leo did by taking a year off to take the testosterone suppression drug, that does not change the s body. every time we had jumps into the pool it is a man who is competing against women. this is grossly unfair. liaison this is the only trans athlete out there but part of a growing trend that has ncaa all-american swimmer jerry chantel sounding the alarm. jerry joins me now. you had a distressing warning for us about the future of women s sports. what is it? thank you for having me. my message this evening is a call to action. what you see right now in women s athletics is going to be the extinction of women s sports in general. this is the beginning phase of what this looks like. we need people to understand what is going on in athletics, we need people to understand this is complete discrimination of women and what is happening that we do not have our