The NCAA announced an updated policy on transgender student-athletes on Thursday afternoon, limiting participation in women’s sports competitions only at the birth of women.
THE orderApproved by the Council of Governors of the NCAA, complies with President Donald Trump Executive decree signed WednesdayEntitled “Keep men outside female sports”.
“We firmly believe that clear, coherent and uniform eligibility standards would best serve students-athletes today instead of a patchwork of conflicting laws and court decisions,” said the president of The NCAA, Charlie Baker, in a press release on Thursday. “To this end, the order of President Trump provides a clear national standard.”
Students who have been assigned to birth, but who now identify themselves as women, are always allowed to practice with women’s teams and to receive medical treatment as participants in these sports.
Duke Athletics refused Chronicle’s comments.
In a December audience of the SenateBaker said that he knew “less than 10” transgender-athletes students in competition currently at the college level. Duke’s former transgender athletes include QuinnA Canadian football player who played for the Blue Devils between 2013 and 2017. Now a midfielder for Vancouver Rise FC, Quinn was released publicly in 2020 and was the first openly transgender and non -binary athlete to participate in the Olympic Games.
NCAA previously implemented a Transgender student-athlete Politics in January 2022, which determined the eligibility for transgender athletes on a sporting basis by sport and postponed authority to the national director organ for each sport. Transgender students had to document the testosterone levels at the start of their season in accordance with the rules of their respective sport.
In the order of Thursday, the NCAA noted that individual schools “are subject to local, state and federal” legislation, which replaces all NCAA policy. In August 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly overwhelm By the government then. Roy Cooper, unless transgender athletes participate in most collegial, secondary and intermediaries from the 2023-24 season.
The executive decree signed by Trump is supported by the Ministry of Education, and schools that disobey order are vulnerable to the loss of federal funding. Duke received $ 649 million in federal income for the year 2021.
The order uses the interpretation by the administration of the title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs. The Ministry of Education Announced Thursday He will investigate the University of Pennsylvania, the San Jose State University and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association for any violations of the title IX. Trump’s candidate in the education service, Linda McMahon, will have his Senate confirmation audience on February 13.
The Biden administration proposed a rule in April 2023 which would have prohibited schools and universities from kindergarten to 12th year from prohibiting transgender athletes who compete in the teams that align with their gender identity. However, the administration Abandoned the proposal in DecemberCiting legal complications with title IX and public comments.
Several states have promulgated prohibitions similar to those of North Carolina on transgender students who participate in female sports, many of which were disputed in court. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck The ban on Idaho in 2023, and the new Trump administration order is likely to deal with legal disputes by individual complainants.
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Ranjan Jindal is a trinity junior and sports editor of the 120th volume of the chronicle.