The NCAA appeared to turn the switch over and change its gender participation policy and ban biological men from competing in women's sports in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order.
Two weeks after the manless man in Trump's women's sports executive order, longtime critics from the top American college athletic association have pointed out that new policies leave much to be desired. Others who defended women's sports protection, including Riley Gaines, Jennifer Say, and Kim Jones, point to possible loopholes in NCAA policies.
The main criticism is that policies cannot be fully advanced or established clear barriers to protecting female athletes in university ranks. The most common criticism is said to allow this policy to allow trans-athletes to bypass restrictions by changing the gender of their birth certificates.
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On February 28, 2023, NCAA Headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Mitchel Layton/Getty Images)
In the US, 44 states change birth certificates to change a person's birth sex. The only states that do not allow this are Florida, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Montana. Meanwhile, there are 14 states that allow you to change the gender of your birth certificate without medical documents, including California, New York, Massachusetts and Michigan.
Gaines, host of outkicks “Gaines for Girls” The Kentucky podcast and former national swimmer told Fox News Digital in an interview Wednesday that the new NCAA policy is “explicitly in conflict” with Trump's executive order.
“First and foremost, this policy removes all accountability from the NCAA. This has, of course, been in their minds for a long time,” Gaines said. “It offers a loophole for both the state and the school because it doesn't define sex that we've just seen. Unfortunately, I think it defines sex-based terms that we define as men and women. We've seen things that need to be done, but we've seen that we don't reinterpret when we're not an unelected bureaucrat walks through the back door and means what they want. What will happen to you?
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Riley Gaines will speak at the “Our Body, Our Sports: We Don't Back Down” rally at the Independent Women's Forum on January 11, 2024 in Phoenix. (Megan Mendoza/The Republic/USA Today Network)
“So it doesn't define gender, it doesn't define men or women, it defines gender identity. And it defines gender identity as both male and female. How do they do The qualification to assign sex to you is based on your birth certificate. Of course, this is the completely forged and fraudulent paper we just saw.”
“This policy explicitly allows men and women from the women's team. No matter how you read, men are permitted to receive women's benefits, including access to the locker room. There will be no screenings. There is no monitoring. This is just a small part of why this NCAA policy is certainly an issue.”
The NCAA's new policy for student-athletes, “assigning men at birth” and participation in women's teams, although athletes may not compete on women's teams, “practice on teams in line with gender identity and other He said he could receive all the benefits, otherwise he would be qualified to practice.
An NCAA spokesperson told Fox News Digital that it would not allow management to compete in the women's category based on a changed birth certificate.
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Riley Gaines will speak at a roundtable event to protect women's sports on August 5, 2024 in Grand Blanc, Michigan. (Ryan Garza/USA Today Network)
“This policy makes it clear that there is no exemption and athletes assigned a male at birth may not compete on female teams with revised birth certificates or other forms of ID,” the spokeswoman said. Mann said.
Regarding trans athletes who practice on female teams, the NCAA considers male practice athletes to be the “staple” of female sports.
“Male practice players have been a staple of college sports for decades, especially in women's basketball, and the association will continue to explain this in policy,” the spokesman said.
Gaines told Fox News Digital that the policy “speaks its own.”
“The policy is simply not clear. Again, we'll remove accountability from the NCAA,” she said. “So of course they'll say, 'Look, there's no responsibility above us. We've done what we have to do.” “In conclusion, they have almost opened up women than their previous policy. The policy is as clear as mud, as they removed it.
“These schools can be interpreted as marking my words and meaning that means. Why so many people decided that the NCAA would grow their spine overnight and do everything. I don't know if they're so naive to believe it. Their power to protect athletes – as someone who is being abused by the NCAA, I can tell you that we betrayed us. Unfortunately, it hasn't changed with student-athletes.”
Former college tennis star and co-founder of the Independent Council on Women's Sports, Kim Jones, who has given Trump back the NCAA to the table, tearing new policies and starting a new one on Fox & Friends. He said he would be pleading.
President Donald Trump signs an executive order at the White House on February 5, 2025, banning transgender female athletes from participating in sports events for women or girls (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Gaines said he would tell the president it was time to hold the NCAA “Feet to the Fire.”
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“The NCAA certainly receives federal funds, so I think the NCAA should lose federal funds if they are not willing to comply with President Trump's president and a thorough and beautifully written executive order. Masu.”
Jackson Thompson of Fox News contributed to this report.
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