Lawrence: swimmers penning a letter to school and ivy league officials saying their transgender teammate if, lia thomas, holds an unfair advantage over them. lia holds an unfair advantage over competition in the women s category as evidenced by her rankings that have bounced from number 462 as a male to number 1 as a female. cynthia is a former usa swimming official, and she joins us now. cynthia, it seems to me that this is just a clear case of unfairness. if so why isn t there more outrage on this issue? well, people like to point out that lia is following ncaa rules. the rule, however, is an 11-year-old rule based on a 2006 sociology study that said that he would basically have no advantage, and we all know that