Rapinoe Was Her Soccer Hero. Then Rapinoe Said She Was a Bigot for Fighting Back.

Three college athletes came on this show and I am still thinking about this conversation. Maddie, MK and Lainey never asked for any of this. They went to college to compete, earn scholarships and build their futures. Instead they found themselves watching their sports be taken over by biological males, losing roster spots, losing medals and in some cases watching their coaches stay silent because their jobs depended on it. They took it to court anyway. And now they are waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on whether states can even make sex-based distinctions in athletics. In this episode I also sit down with Kristen Waggoner, CEO and President of the Alliance Defending Freedom, who has been litigating this fight for over a decade. She breaks down the two legal questions before the court, what a win actually means for girls across the country, and why she says lies cannot survive without censorship. We also hear from the girls themselves about the death threats, the teammates who would not stand with them, the coaches who stayed quiet, the male athletes whose own teammates said it was unfair, and why every single one of these women says she would do it all over again. Sponsors: https://www.cowboycolostrum.com/SAGE 25% off with code SAGE Use my link to sign up and receive a $100 funding bonus when you create and fund your account: https://www.itrustcapital.com/go/sage... Start your plan today and you’ll get FREE meat included with every order PLUS $100 off your first three orders with my code, SAGE: https://www.goodranchers.com/ Do you know what’s in your tap water? Get $250 off your purifier at http://www.covepure.com/SAGE Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:26 Kristen Waggoner on the Fight to Protect Women’s Athletics 09:15 Why These Female Athletes Chose to Speak Out 16:30 The Lawsuit, The Backlash & Standing Up Anyway 24:45 Competing Against Biological Males: What They Experienced Firsthand 33:10 Scholarships, Fairness & Lost Opportunities 40:20 The Role of Coaches, Schools & Athletic Organizations 47:30 Why So Many Athletes Stayed Silent 55:15 The Cultural Shift Around Women’s Sports 01:02:00 The Supreme Court Case: What’s at Stake 01:09:30 Courage, Conviction & The Personal Cost of Advocacy 01:16:45 What Happens Next for Women’s Sports in America 01:22:30 Final Thoughts & Message to the Next Generation 01:26:00 Outro BTS on Patreon: http://bit.ly/4nLmOSk The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There’s a whole big world out there that’s not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it. #sagesteelepodcast #sagesteele #podcast Subscribe to the Channel for more Podcasts like this! Listen to the Show on all Podcast Apps "The Sage Steele Show" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Follow Sage: https://www.sagesteele.com https://x.com/sagesteele   / sagesteele     / officialsagesteele   https://rumble.com/c/SageSteeleProduc...