

Rod Robison
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@CoachRod1st
Dedicated Dad,Husband,Man of CHRIST. Head FB/Track Coach Arrowhead Christian Academy. Livin the dream,traveling the US,coaching QBs into manhood. #C.L.I.M.B.



ALERT: Mom of transgender athlete furious after California implements new ruling allowing biological girls to place 1 spot higher on the podium if beaten by biological males. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) released a letter the morning of the Southern Section championship final. The letter stated, "Additionally, any cisgender female student-athlete who would have earned a specific placement on the podium will also be awarded the medal for that place, and the results will be reflected in the recording of the event." The mother of AB Hernandez, a biological male trans athlete who dominated long jump, high jump, and triple jump at the CIF finals, publicly shared a post by Rainbow Families Action, slamming the ruling. The group wrote, ”All these big, tough ex-athletes at CIF, and the most courage they could muster was to hand this to coaches at AB’s meet today… Not one of them was brave enough to look her or her mother in the eye and say: “This whole project of violating Ed Code is aimed at you. A child.” Biological females were able to share the podium with Hernandez, but one competitor skipped out on sharing the podium with the biological male.









Let's check in on California to see how their high-speed rail project is coming along.

There was no reason I should have been at the USA Basketball tryout. I was a kid from a tiny school in Delaware with only 52 girls in my entire class. I was not really that good in my small town, but my dad knew the reality of playing at the next level. He forced me to go, uninvited I may add, to the team USA Basketball trial just so I could see the next level of competition. The crazy part? He didn't send me there to make the team. He knew that wasn’t happening. The real reason he sent me was to learn how to fail. Normally, I stood out as the tall one, but in a gym full of giants I was the outlier. Every single girl there was faster than me, stronger than me and way more advanced. The doubt in my own head was loud: You don't belong here. When I realized I didn't make the cut that day I just stood there and cried. I didn’t know what to do. But someone was watching. The Stanford coach, Tara VanDerveer, saw those tears and realized I wasn't just sad — I was a competitor and that's all she needed to see. That failure at the trials is exactly what led to my scholarship offer, two National Championships, and eventually the WNBA. It is a great reminder that everything happens for a reason. The "no" at the trials led to Stanford. Stanford led to 2 NCAA championships. The championships led to the WNBA. The struggle with mental health led to my Master’s degree. And all of it led me right here, helping the next generation find their grit. From crying after being cut to years later having a poster dedicated to my basketball career at the NCAA tournament, I am exactly where God wants me to be. Have you ever felt like you don’t belong somewhere?