The organization announced Thursday that only athletes who were assigned at birth would be eligible to play women’s games in NCAA members colleges and universities.
The decision, immediately effective, President Trump signed an executive order when the Federal Fund -fired educational institutions on an executive order to prevent transgender girls and women from playing in the women’s category in the women’s category Signed.
The president of the NCAA, Charlie Baker, said in a statement, “We firmly believe that the standards of clear, permanent and uniform qualifications will serve the athletes today instead of the patch of conflicting state laws and judicial decisions. “ “For this purpose, President Trump’s order provides a clear, national standard.”
The former NCAA policy on transgender athletes has given the national governing body of each game to decide the parameters to participate. This included setting limits at the testosterone level and sometimes understanding how long the athletes should suppress their testosterone before being eligible to compete.
The executive order is based on the translation of the administration’s title IX, the 1972 civil rights law bans sexual discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funds. Except for transgender girls and women from women’s sports, Mr. Trump was one of Mr Trump’s election promises.
“From now on, women’s games will be for women only,” he said after signing the order on Wednesday.
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