The NCAA amended gender eligibility policy has been the subject of scrutiny by women’s rights activists over apparent gaps that some argue that they would continue to allow biological men to compete in women’s sports.
The NCAA changed its policy on February 7 to comply with the recent executive order of President Donald Trump “No Men In Women’s Sports”, which was signed on February 6. The new policy, which revoked a previous policy that had been in force since 2010 allowing trans athletes in women’s sports, now establish that “an athlete student assigned to a man at birth can practice in a female team of the NCAA and receive all The other benefits applicable to athletes. ”
The policy declared that “a student-attached to a man at birth can practice in a team of women in the NCAA and receive all other benefits applicable to athletes students.”
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Many critics have insisted that this policy does not reach far enough or establish barriers clear enough to protect women’s athletes in university ranks. The most common criticism has been that politics supposedly allows trans athletes to omit the restriction by changing gender in their birth certificate.
In the United States, 44 states allow altering birth certificates to change the birth sex of a person. The only states that do not allow this are Florida, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Montana. Meanwhile, there are 14 states that allow sex in a birth certificate to change without required any medical documentation, including California, New York, Massachusetts and Michigan.
“It does not offer protection for women, it does not follow federal laws and eliminates all the responsibility of the NCA. It explicitly allows men in women’s teams and defines participation levels based on changable birth certificates,” the co -founder of the co -founder of Kim Jones Jones women sports. He told Pak Gazette Digital of the new NCAA policy.
“There is nothing in this policy that keeps men out of women’s sports. Return and start again. Women need a policy that defines women’s sports exclusively for women and maintain the detection of the responsibility of the responsibility of the NCAA “.
The former American gymnast and founder of XX-XY Athletics Jennifer Sey echoed concerns about changing birth certificates.
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“It does not establish a clear limit to retain the integrity of women’s sports. Everything that is needed to provide” proof “of being a woman is a birth certificate that can be altered in 44 states. Politics is full of lagoons and not He agrees with the executive order or what is correct and fair.
The NCAA policy on its website did not offer clarity about the alterations of the birth certificate. However, an NCAA spokesman told Pak Gazette Digital that the government body will not allow Trans athletes to compete in the women’s category based on modified birth certificates.
“Politics is clear that there are no exemptions available, and athletes assigned to men at birth may not compete in a team of women with modified birth certificates or other forms of identification,” said the spokesman.
With regard to athletes, traveling in a female team, NCAA considers that male practice players are a “basic element” of women’s sports.
“Male practice players have been a basic element in university sports for decades, particularly in female basketball and the association will continue to explain that in politics,” said the spokesman.
However, the benefits that extend to trans athletes practicing in a women’s team do not include scholarships, a familiar fox to Pak Gazette Digital said.
These details are not currently described on the official page of the NCAA policy, since it does not make specific references to the birth certificate or identification amendments, or scholarships of women who go to trans athletes.
It has not yet been determined if the NCAA performs an official update to address these criticisms.
The previous policy that allowed Trans athletes to compete and share changing rooms with women for almost a decade and a half has caused multiple demands and now even federal investigations.
The former women’s swimmer and current conservative activist at the University of Kentucky, Riley Gaines, leads a lawsuit against the NCAA about his previous gender eligibility policy. That demand quotes her and others competing against the transgender swimmer of the University of Pennsylvania, Lia Thomas in 2022.
Three of the former Upenn teammates in Thomas have filed their own demand against NCAA, Ivy League, Upenn and Harvard for their experience in sharing a team and a costume with Thomas in the 2021-22 season.
The former volleyball player of the State University of San José, Brooke Slusser, currently leads a lawsuit against his school and the Mountain West conference on his handling of Trans Blaire Fleming athlete.
Both UPENN and the State of San José are now under investigation by the United States Department of Education for possible violations of Title IX that occurred under the management of Thomas and Fleming institutions.
