A coalition of women’s rights organizations has called on President-elect Donald Trump to demand that the NCAA change its policies regarding trans athletes in women’s sports.
Our Bodies, Our Sports, the nation’s first and only coalition of women’s rights organizations fighting for equity in women’s sports, sent a letter to the president-elect asking him to use his influence to the NCAA acts “to protect rights.” and opportunities for female collegiate athletes,” reads a press release.
“We write to you now to ask you to also use your powerful voice to urge the NCAA to take action and clarify participation rules to protect the rights and opportunities of female athletes,” the letter read in part.
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“The NCAA’s controversial and unscientific transgender student-athlete participation policy continues to allow men to participate in women’s sports – removing women’s opportunities to compete, team spots, medals, and safe and competitive competition. fair,” the statement said.
This letter to the president-elect comes ahead of the 2025 NCAA Convention, which will take place January 14-17 in Nashville, Tennessee. The week is filled with issues, forums, business sessions and awards.
The letter also comes after a federal judge blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to redefine sex in Title IX as “gender identity,” striking it down nationwide.
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The ruling was issued Tuesday by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky’s Northern Division in Cardona v. Kentucky. Tennessee.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti celebrated the decision with a message on X. “Another massive victory for Tennessee and the country!” the message read. “This morning, a federal court ruled in our favor and struck down the Biden administrator’s sweeping new Title IX rule nationwide.
“The court order is a resounding victory for the protection of girls’ privacy in locker rooms and showers, and for the freedom to pronounce biologically accurate pronouns.”
The NCAA logo is displayed on center court as work continues at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh for the NCAA college basketball tournament on March 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, file)
The Supreme Court previously rejected the Biden administration’s emergency request to enforce parts of a new rule that would have included protections against discrimination for transgender students under Title IX.
As for the NCAA’s current transgender participation policy, it allows trans athletes to play in a “sport-by-sport approach,” which “preserves opportunities for transgender student-athletes while balancing fairness, inclusion and safety for all participants.” The governing body says its policies align with those of the “Olympic Movement”.
Part of the NCAA policy requires transgender student-athletes to provide documentation consistent with the 2010 NCAA policy, as well as sports standards for documented testosterone levels at three time points: before competition during the regular season , before the first competition in an NCAA. championship and before any competition in the “non-championship segment”.
Our Bodies, Our Sports is comprised of the following member organizations: Independent Women’s Forum, Independent Council on Women’s Sports, Women’s Declaration International USA, Champion Women, International Consortium on Female Sport, Concerned Women for America, Women’s Liberation Front, Independent Women’s Law Center, Young Women for America, Independent Women’s Voice and Independent Women’s Network.
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“We stand united in honor of the generations of women who came before us and in defense of all the women and girls who come after us,” the letter to Trump concludes. “We are asking for your help in demanding that the NCAA finally act to restore fairness and opportunity to college sports and we thank you for your support.”
