Reporter Asks Rob Gronkowski If Men Should Play In Women’s Sports: His Face Says It All

 Reporter J.W. Gibbons stopped former NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski on Tuesday to ask whether he believed men should be allowed to play in women’s sports — and the ex-professional athlete’s facial expression said it all.

“Yesterday I got the opportunity to ask NFL legend and GOAT TE Rob Gronkowski a question about men playing in women’s sports,” Gibbons said. “His reaction says it all. One of the coolest things I’ve gotten to do since joining the @DailyCaller.”

“Hey, uh, Mr. Gronkowski, [I’m] with The Daily Caller,” he began. “I want to ask you, should men be allowed to play in women’s sports? Yes, no, maybe so?”

Gronkowski appeared to recoil a bit, as if taken aback by the question — but then his eyes widened and he shook his head.

“No?” Gibbons prompted again — and Gronkowski shook his head again.

The former tight end, who played both for the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during his 11-year NFL career, was in Washington on Tuesday for a discussion about a potential vaccine for valley fever in dogs.

 

Valley fever, a lung infection caused by breathing in spores, can be deadly – and infection is more prevalent and often more severe in dogs than it is in humans. There is no known cure for the infection. Because of its prevalence in Arizona — and Gronkowski’s history with University of Arizona — the four-time Super Bowl champ has joined with Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) to promote awareness and a possible vaccine.

Gronkowski has put his own money where his mouth is, donating $1 million of his own money to the Anivive start-up last March toward the development of a valley fever vaccine for dogs — with his money specifically dedicated to distributing the eventual vaccine to lower-income households and dogs in rescue shelters first.