This is our 200th show anniversary and we couldn't do anything more special than this. It is happening again! A McBryde sister is being denied an opportunity she rightfully earned. Jamilah McBryde, the oldest of the three McBryde Sisters who wrestle, is the reigning 143lb Women’s Freestyle NAIA National Champion. With that amazing accomplishment comes the opportunity to compete for a spot on the US Women’s Olympic Wrestling team. If allowed to attend the Olympic Qualifiers, Jamilah could be the first woman in the world to compete as a wrestler at the Olympic level in hijab. However, Jamilah is being denied the right to compete, and a McBryde sister is once again being robbed of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - one that she fairly earned. I will have Jamilah her father and hopefully a UWW spokesperson on the show (I wouldn't hold your breath) If you want to help sign the petition below. If your as mad as me you can write everyone on Email list below https://www.change.org/p/urge-usa-wre... Please share this petition far and wide. Share it with friends and family. Share it on social media. Tag news outlets and sports influencers. We want the world to know what UWW, USA Wrestling, and the US Olympic Committee are doing in 2024. Write to the following individuals and express how you feel about yet another amazing athlete being denied the opportunity of a lifetime that she fairly earned: Kerry McCoy (USA Wrestling 1st Vice President) kmccoy3024@aol.com Joan Fulp (USA Wrestling 2nd Vice President) joanfulp@gmail.com Nenad Lalovic (UWW President and member of the IOC's Commission for Olympic Solidarity) nenad.lalovic@uww.org Terry Steiner (head coach of USA's women's national team) tsteiner@usawrestling.org Bruce Baumgartner (USA Wrestling President) bbaumgartner@usawrestling.org Francisco Eduardo Lee Lopez (President of the Pan-American Council) francisco.lee@uww.org Arsen Julfalakyan (UWW Athletes Commission Chairman) arsen.julfalakyan@uww.org Stan Dziedzic (UWW VP and UWW. Coaches Commission President) stan.dziedzic@uww.org Gene Sykes (US Olympics Board of Directors) gene.sykes@gs.com Elizabeth Ramsey (US Olympics Athletes Advisory Council Executive Director) elizabeth.ramsey@teamusa-ac.org Rich Bender (Executive Director of USA Wrestling and USOPC Board member) rbender@usawrestling.org Jaimie McNab (USA Wrestling Senior Manager of Women’s Freestyle) jmcnab@usawrestling.org genderequality@olympic.org
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