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August 14 2024
Kirk Herbstreit: Last week, Kirk Herbstreit, an ESPN star, shared his thoughts on transgender athletes in women’s sports after being asked on social media, "Do men belong in women’s sports?" Herbstreit was straightforward, saying, "No, they don’t." In a Tuesday interview on OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich," he made it clear he didn’t care at all about the backlash his opinion might cause.
"I don't care about that at all. It's almost like there's two different sets of rules, and if your outlook is a little more traditional, or I'm a Christian person, it seems like there's a different set of rules for that outlook," he explained. "It's hard to turn the other cheek over and over again.
"To be honest, I wasn’t interested before, and I’m still not. Which is a good thing, I think it's good and healthy to get to that point of, 'Oh God, I don't want to get cancelled. I don’t want to upset anyone, but it’s really not something I’m worried about. I'm just going to say some things. My problem is that I'm angry, and so if I get to that point, if that fuse burns, I let it go, and then I explode and say something. I need to pay attention to that."
Herbstreit said he received no response from ESPN.
"I think I've been biting my tongue for the last three years on a number of topics. I put out a tweet — I go pretty quiet in the offseason — I put out a tweet about something. It might have been about college football coming up, and I've gotten into the habit of not scrolling and not looking at the comments because it's obviously pretty nasty. I saw somebody say this. I think he said, 'Should men be allowed to play in women's sports?' And I thought, I'm just going to give a quick answer: 'Stupid question, absolutely not.'
"I didn't think too much of it, I didn't give a long response, that's all. I didn't think it would be more positive than negative. I'm sure people were upset by it. I think it was kind of a no-brainer. I don't have a daughter; I have four sons. If I had a daughter, I probably would have been more vocal about this discussion on this topic. I just put it in a, 'Why are you asking this question,' that's how I took it.
"Lee Corso once said to avoid talking about race, religion, or politics, either with him or in public. It’s interesting how those topics are everywhere now. I usually keep my distance from them, but sometimes you just have to speak up and share your own thoughts. When I retire or get into a position like you, I'll be able to say a lot more."
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