Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Sunday, accusing the university of deceptive marketing practices for including transgender athletes in women's sports.
Paxton said in a news release that the NCAA violated the Texas Trade Practices Act. This law “exists to protect consumers from companies that try to trick you into purchasing goods or services that are not as advertised.”
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NCAA President Charlie Baker (Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar/USA TODAY NETWORK/File)
He said the NCAA was using “false, deceptive and misleading practices to promote sporting events as 'women's' competitions and then offer consumers mixed-gender competitions in which biological males and biological females compete.” “They are engaging in acts of nuisance,” he said.
“The NCAA is intentionally and knowingly endangering the safety and well-being of women by deceptively converting women's competition into co-ed competition,” Paxton said in a statement. “For example, when watching a women's volleyball game, people expect women to play against other women, but instead of biological men pretending to be something they're not, college sports have radical There is no room for 'gender theory.'
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SJSU transgender athlete Blair Fleming (left) (Tien-Anh Truong/San Jose State Track and Field/File)
Paxton said the NCAA doesn't want transgender athletes to participate in women's sports in Texas, or to “involve Texas teams,” or to call the event “for women” when it's actually a mixed sport. He said he is asking the court for a permanent injunction barring him from asking the NCAA to stop advertising. sex contest,” the news release said.
The NCAA did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
NCAA President Charlie Baker came under fire over transgender sports participation during a visit to the Capitol last week. He was also asked about it during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.”
When McAfee asked Baker what parents of daughters should think about transgender athletes in women's sports and the NCAA's record on it, Baker downplayed the impact.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Reuters/Brian Snyder/File)
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“There are 510,000 college athletes playing in the NCAA, and fewer than 10 are transgender athletes, so it's a small community to begin with,” Baker said.
FOX News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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