Lia Thomas is not female; the sports scholarship was intended for females. Male and female sports classifications were made deliberately distinct from one another, as males and females develop very different levels of strength and endurance. As such, female sports scholarships absolutely need to go to females, or we end up having only male sport - and no avenue for women who also want to get recognised for throwing balls around and swimming quickly. If you're male, and can't win as a male - tough, you're stuck with it. You don't get to compete against females instead, any more than you get to compete in under-10s wrestling matches... because you aren't female, and you aren't under 10 either.
Riley Gaines didn't unleash anything on anybody. A lot of people are fed up with this disgraceful nonsense and almost certainly took it upon themselves to voice their disapproval of the cheating little **** in this story
No, I'm not raking through history to 'provide links'. If you can't directly dispute a point, then question your own links.