Charlamagne Tha God defends girls’ basketball team punished for refusing to play against a trans female

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God defended a Vermont Christian high school girls’ basketball team after it was banned from a state tournament for refusing to play against a team with a trans athlete on its roster.

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God defended a Vermont Christian girls' high school basketball team after it was banned from future state tournaments for refusing to play against a team with a trans athlete on its roster.

During a recent episode of his popular radio show, "The Breakfast Club," the host responded to the news of the ban, declaring, "That’s not fair" and claimed the school was right to forfeit the game because it’s "common sense."

Charlamagne and his co-hosts discussed the story, which broke last week, on his show’s "Front Page News" segment. 

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Radio host Charlamagne Tha God defended a female school basketball team that refused to play a rival team with a trans woman on its roster. (Screenshot/Twitter)

As Fox News Digital reported, after Mid Vermont Christian School "forfeited a game in the girls state basketball playoffs because its opponent had a transgender student on the team’s roster," it was "prohibited from participating in future tournaments" by the state’s sports governing body.

As the outlet reported, "The Vermont Principals’ Association (VPA) ruled that Mid Vermont Christian School had violated policies and is ineligible to participate in future tournaments that it sanctions. The move applies to all sports."

The team dropped out of a tournament in February ahead of a game against the female team from Long Trail Mountain high school. At the time, Mid Vermont Christian’s Head of School Vicky Fogg told Fox News