NCAA bans transgender athletes from women’s sports after executive order

[Karah Rucker]

IN SWIFT ACTION — THE N-C-DOUBLE-A CHANGED ITS TRANSGENDER STUDENT-ATHLETE PARTICIPATION POLICY FOLLOWING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM WOMEN AND GIRLS’ SPORTS.

THE N-C-DOUBLE-A’S POLICY CHANGE IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND APPLIES TO **ALL** ATHLETES – REGARDLESS OF PREVIOUS ELIGIBILITY REVIEWS.

ABOUT 11-HUNDRED MEMBER SCHOOLS ARE PART OF THE N-C-DOUBLE-A, WITH MORE THAN 500-THOUSAND ATHLETES… MAKING IT THE LARGEST GOVERNING BODY FOR COLLEGE SPORTS IN THE U-S.

THE PRESIDENT’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ALLOWS FEDERAL AGENCIES TO WITHHOLD FEDERAL FUNDING FROM ENTITIES THAT DO NOT ABIDE BY TITLE 9 IN AS THE  TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SEES IT  – THAT “SEX” IS THE GENDER SOMEONE WAS ASSIGNED AT BIRTH.

UNTIL NOW – THE N-C-DOUBLE-A’S POLICY, WHICH TOOK EFFECT IN 20-22 – HAD A SPORT-BY-SPORT APPROACH – MEANING TRANSGENDER PARTICIPATION WAS DETERMINED BY THE POLICY OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPORT’S NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY.

IF A SPORT DID NOT HAVE A NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY – THAT SPORT’S INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION POLICY WOULD BE THE GUIDELINE.

AND IF THERE IS NO INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION POLICY – THE CRITERIA USED BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE WOULD BE USED.

THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER STIPULATES THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK WITH SPORTS GOVERNING BODIES – INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE – TO ENSURE HIS GUIDANCE IS FOLLOWED IN NONEDUCATIONAL SETTINGS, AS WELL.

THE I-O-C HAS ALLOWED TRANSGENDER ATHLETES TO PARTICIPATE AT THE OLYMPICS SINCE 2004 – BUT IT  WASN’T UNTIL 20-21 THAT THE FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER ATHLETES COMPETED IN THE SUMMER GAMES.

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