Women’s Basketball Coach Criticized For Tight Pink Leather Pants – She Claps Back By Posting Her Sassiest Sideline Outfits

Sydney Carter, the assistant women’s basketball coach at Texas A&M University, is clapping back at her haters after she was slammed for wearing a sexy outfit on the sidelines of a recent game. 

Carter Hit With Backlash

Carter was criticized online for wearing pink leather pants and stilettos to a February 6 game against the Kentucky Wildcats.

Social media users had a big problem with the outfit in question. 

“I’m not feeling it at all if she is coaching basketball. Looks like club gear and you want to be taken serious,” one person commented, with another adding that Carter’s getup was “inappropriate period, she should get ticket/fine whatever.” 

“Why would u dress in pants that tight to coach?” a third user commented. 

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Carter Fires Back – ‘I Could Care Less’ 

Daily Mail reported that the 31-year-old assistant coach fired back by claiming that race plays a role in the criticism that she’s receiving. 

“I’m unapologetically myself every day, I could care less if anybody thinks that I’m being extra,” Carter told Yahoo. “I’m not gonna turn up turn my light off because somebody else is offended or intimidated by the fact that I embrace myself.”

“I just think that people are uncomfortable with a black woman being in a power position,” she added. “When you see a black woman who is actually confident and embracing herself, I think that that’s very intimidating.”

Carter then posted photos of other outfits that she had worn on the sidelines. 

She also posted a message to her supporters in the wake of this scandal. 

Carter played for Texas A&M from 2008-2010, and she was captain of the team three times. She then played internationally in countries like Latvia and Israel, winning the Eastern European League Championship in 2016. 

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‘Women Can Never Satisfy Anybody’

After receiving backlash for her outfit choice, Carter said that while women can win on the basketball court, it is impossible for them to ever win over the court of public option. 

“You hear so many times that people don’t want to watch women play basketball, because there’s too many that look manly, or they play like a guy or don’t play enough like guys,” she lamented.

“Women can never satisfy anybody in any aspect of life,” Carter continued. “Just as a woman, it’s hard enough. It’s hard enough that we’re not paid the same or that people think that we can’t do some of the same things or something as well as men in a male-dominated industry.” 

Watch Carter talk more about this in the video below. 

‘Who Cares What They Say’

In the end, Carter said that she wants to be an example to the women she coaches, and that she feels that this controversy will serve as a lesson for them.

“I think a lot of college kids these days struggle with being confident and embracing who they really are because they are afraid of what the world will say,” she said. “And I hope that I am a living example of who cares what they say.”

It’s clear that Carter will not be backing down to her naysayers on this issue. We can only imagine what she’ll wear to her team’s next game!