Ex-ESPN commentator David Pollack joins anti-trans'save women's sports' organization.

In advance of the 2020 presidential election, David Pollack stated that he does not talk politics. I avoid politics on Twitter.

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Pollack tweeted during the first Joe Biden-Donald Trump debate, "Not my place to tell you how you should feel and who you should support." I hope both guys tonight had more respect.

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Pollack posted on X (previously Twitter) on Thursday complaining about transgender women in women's sports. The tweet contained a faked photo of Pollack being recognized at Georgia

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after his College Football Hall of Fame induction, holding a banner that said “Women’s sports is not a transfer portal for mediocre male athletes who compete as women #SaveWomensSports.

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Pollack and his defenders will certainly argue that his essay isn't political, but the topic has grown very politicized, especially on the right, in recent years. Despite having a strong opinion, Pollack never wrote about the topic until after ESPN fired him this summer.

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Pollack has made many postings on “protecting women and their sports” since late August, but most of them have been quick comments on retweets of others, including ex-ESPNer Sage Steele.

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and an NCAA Transfer Portal parody account, may indicate that the former first-round pick is ready to take a hard turn into politics. Not hard to predict which way.

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