The Afternoon Dispatch is written by BillOReilly.com staff.

The President has been on a hot streak, racking up wins in the Supreme Court, at the border, in Iran, and even against CBS News.  But when it comes to an utter shellacking, few things can match his crushing defeat of the University of Pennsylvania.

The elite Ivy League school and the President have been in a cage match since Inauguration Day.  Despite the administration’s insistence that biological males should not compete in women’s sports, educrats at Penn were determined to protect the records of Lia Thomas, the 6’4” swimmer formerly known as William Thomas.  Thomas was an average swimmer on the men’s team, but after transitioning, Thomas joined the women’s team and smashed school records, even winning an NCAA championship in the 500-yard freestyle.

Thomas was prominent in the Penn record books, but now that name is missing and those records are rightfully held by women.  But Penn’s utter humiliation extends beyond records.  The school will formally apologize to every female defeated by Thomas.  ESPN should also feel some shame, if the network is capable of that, after featuring Lia Thomas in a Women’s History Month special.  The network has yet to issue an apology to its viewers or to the women who trained for so many years only to be left in Thomas’s wake.

The most bizarre element of this disgraceful chapter was the silence of other athletes, college administrators, Democrats, and most of the media.  The fear of being ‘canceled’ was so overwhelming that nearly no one spoke up against this obvious outrage.  Aside from Riley Gaines, Martina Navratilova, and a handful of other heroes, most went along with the charade.

One might hope that Penn did the right thing after some conscious searching, but old-fashioned cash was the primary motivator.  The Trump team unfroze $175 million in aid after the school went down on bended knee.  Very few have spoken out against the school’s kowtowing to Trump, although one LGBTQ activist accused the President of using ‘bullying and threats’ and asked Penn to reconsider.

That’s not going to happen.  Donald Trump and his administration’s checkbook have prevailed.  The decision will help end the madness that has extended from youth leagues to college, from volleyball to track.  More women athletes can now compete against other females without fearing being crushed, whether figuratively on the scoreboard or literally on the field.   They can thank a few courageous people who spoke up and, yes, the President of the United States.

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