Not long after President Trump signed the “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order, the National Collegiate Athletics Association changed their rules and banned men from competing in women’s sports.
The Board of Governors made the announcement on the NCAA website this afternoon. The changes mostly affect women’s sports, where all males are banned. The changes also affect female-to-male transitioners. If a FTM athlete is taking any testosterone, they are banned from women’s athletics.
NCAA women’s sports:
A student-athlete assigned male at birth may not compete for an NCAA women’s team.
A student-athlete assigned male at birth may practice on an NCAA women’s team and receive all other benefits applicable to student-athletes. Division I leadership is planning to adopt roster limits in place of scholarship limits and new practice squad policies are still in development.
A student-athlete assigned female at birth who has begun hormone therapy (e.g., testosterone) may not compete on a women’s team. If such competition occurs, the team will be subject to NCAA mixed-team legislation, and the team will no longer be eligible for NCAA women’s championships.
A student-athlete assigned female at birth who has begun hormone therapy (e.g., testosterone) may continue practicing with a women’s team and receive all other benefits applicable to student-athletes.
Individual schools have the autonomy to determine athletics participation on their campuses.
NCAA schools are subject to local, state and federal legislation and such policy supersedes the rules of the NCAA.
Sports with mixed men’s and women’s NCAA championships are exempt from this policy (e.g., rifle).
FTM athletes and anyone else can participate in Men’s athletics after completing a hormone treatment waiver.
NCAA men’s sports:
Regardless of sex assigned at birth or gender identity, a student-athlete may participate (practice and competition) in NCAA men’s sports, assuming they meet all other NCAA eligibility requirements.
*Student-athletes taking a banned substance (e.g., testosterone) must complete the medical exception process.
I have some issues with allowing male student-athletes to continue to practice with females. One can only assume they would use the same locker and shower facilities as the females after practice.
Regardless, this is a good start. It is also another indicator that we are rolling back all the leftist nonsense of the past 10-15 years, and doing so effectively. Now if we can just get the finishing places, medals and trophies to their rightful places . . .