NCAA Barry transsexual athletes from women’s sports after order of Trump – Public Radio in South Carolina

NCAA changed its participation policy for transsexual athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women’s sports to athletes appointed to a woman at birth.

This move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to ban transgender athletes from sports for girls and women. The order gives the federal agencies Latitude to retain federal funding from enterprises that do not comply with Title IX in accordance with the view of the Trump administration, which interprets “sex” as a gender that someone was appointed at birth.

The change in NCAA policy shall enter into force immediately and applies to all athletes, regardless of previous eligibility examinations. NCAA has about 1,100 member schools with more than 500,000 athletes, the most largest governing body for athletics in the college in the United States

“We strongly believe that the clear, consistent and equal standards for eligibility will best serve today’s athletes, instead of patchwork from conflict state laws and court decisions,” said NCAA President Charlie Baker. “For this purpose, President Trump’s order provides a clear, national standard.”

The NCAA’s decision was welcomed by former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, a vocal supporter of the ban on transgender athletes from women’s sports. Gaines, who was at the White House signing ceremony with Trump, was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a case against NCAA last year, accusing him of breaching the rights of Title IX, allowing the transsexual wife Lia Thomas It competes in the National Championships in 2022.

“I can’t even start telling you how vengeful it feels, knowing that no girl will never experience what my teammates and I did,” Gaines published on X shortly after NCAA announced a change in politics.

The previous NCAA policy came into force in 2022 and adopted a sports sport approach, in which transgender participation is determined by the policy of the national governing body of sports. In sports without a national governing body, this policy of the International Federation of Sport will be present. If there is no policy of the International Federation, the earlier established criteria for the IOC policy will be taken over.

In the last year, however, transgender athletes have been directed by critics who say their participation in women’s sport is an unfair and potential risk to safety. This has become a major conversation in the Trump re -election campaign, although there are a very small number of transsexual athletes; Last year, Baker said he knew only 10 transgender athletes at NCAA.

The NCAA revised policy allows athletes appointed by male at birth to practice women’s teams and receive benefits as medical attention. This is not uncommon, for example, women’s basketball teams to practice fellow men who are men.

Regardless of the sex appointed at birth or sexual identity, the athlete can train and compete with a male team if it accepts that it meets all other NCAA eligibility requirements.

However, NCAA said an athlete appointed to women at birth, which started hormonal therapy (such as testosterone), can practice with a women’s team but cannot compete in a women’s team without risking the admissibility of the championship team S

Member Studies remain responsible for certifying the admissibility of athletes for practice and competition. NCAA also said that schools are subject to local, state and federal legislation and similar legislation replaces the NCAA rules.

The change in NCAA policy was announced hours after the Trump administration said it was investigating potential civil rights violations in two universities and the Sports League in the high school, which allowed transgender athletes to compete in women’s teams. The education department said he had opened reviews at the State University of San Jose, the University of Pennsylvania and the Interholastic Athletic Association in Massachusetts.

The San Jose Volleyball Team in State derived titles last season over unconfirmed allegations that the list includes a transsexual player. As for Penn, three former Thomas teammates, a transsexual swimmer filed a lawsuit against NCAA, Ivy League, Harvard and the Thomas Participation School at a conference and national championships, stating that it violated the provisions of Title IX.

Sia Liilii, the captain of the Volleyball Team in Nevada, who refused to play San Jose State this season, said he was “ecstatic” with regard to NCAA’s new policy.

“Women have fought for a long time and hard for equal athletic opportunities,” Lilius said. “By completely eliminating women from women’s sports, we return to the true definition of the title (IX). Women are given the opportunity to support their own sports division and to shine on the floor of a fair race.”

The NCAA also stated that its board of directors has directed employees to help all member schools to encourage respectful and inclusive collegial athletic cultures, noting that they have recently updated their mental health guidelines.

“The updated policy, combined with these resources, follows the NCAA constitutional commitment to hold an intercultural athletics competition and to protect, support and improve the mental and physical health of the athletes,” Baker said. “This national standard brings a very necessary clarity, as we modernize the sports at college for today’s athletes.”

NCAA’s policy now reflects that of the National Association of Inter -Collective Athletics, which runs sports in 241 mostly small colleges across the country. Last April, NAIA unanimously approved a policy that allows only athletes whose gender appointed at birth is a woman and did not start hormonal therapy to compete.

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