The Donald Trump Department of Education has demanded the transgender athletes of the NCAA of the titles or records of women who won after the transition, according to an exclusive report by The Daily Caller.
In a letter addressed to the President of the NCAA, Charlie Baker, and the Chief of Associations of the National Federation of State Associations of the Bob Lombardi High School, the Office of General Advisor of the Department of Education said that it addresses a “issue of urgent importance “
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“But we can recognize the damages made and the injustices committed by such wrong policies and reverse its effects will restore a genuine commitment to equal opportunities for girls and women in sports competition in the United States,” the letter continued.
Trump wasting little time fulfilling his promise to address a subject after his choice. Trump issued an executive order on the day when his second term began that required 'restorate the biological truth to the federal government' and signed another on Wednesday entitled 'Keeping men outside women's sports.
The NCAA is composed of 1,100 universities and 530,000 athletes, of which less than 10 are transgender, Baker told a Senate Committee recently.
Thomas won a national title in the 500 free women while he tied the fifth place in the 200 free in the NCAA finals of 2022 with a Kentucky swimmer named Riley Gaines, who is now an anti-trans activist
There are less than 10 current trans athletes that compete in Women's Sports of the NCAA that could be affected by the efforts of the Trump administration to avoid competing
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The former swimmer of Pennsylvania, Lia Thomas, and the volleyball player of the state of San José, Blaire Fleming, were pushed separately at the center of attention in the debate on trans athletes in women's sports. Thomas, who is openly transgender, and Fleming, which according to the reports, both competed in their respective sports to a high level amid generalized protests.
Thomas was forbidden to compete in the female elite races ahead of the Olympic Games by the Arbitration Court for the Sport Panel, which ruled that it was not eligible to challenge the world's worldwide policy in trans athletes. Thomas won a national title as a woman in the 500 free while tieding fifth place in the 200 free in the 2022 NCAA finals with a Kentucky swimmer named Riley Gaines.
Although he has not yet addressed any gender accusation with the media, Fleming of SJSU was previously expelled as a transgender in an April article in Reduxx.com. Since then, the Spartans have faced the losses of opponents in the midst of a wave of criticism, demands and complaints of the title IX aimed at forcing Fleming to the volleyball team of the State of San José.
Meanwhile, Gaines has become a celebrity activist who works to ban trans athletes from women's sports.
The federal government now has broad freedom among multiple agencies to penalize entities funded by the federal government that “deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities.”
“The war against women's sports is over,” Trump said.
Probably not. It is likely that legal challenges such as those who have fulfilled some of the other executive orders aimed at transgender people.
The greatest conclusion is that the Trump administration has allowed the federal government to take aggressive measures to pursue entities, whether it is an athletic school or association, which they do not meet. Federal financing and potentially subsidies to educational programs could be extracted.
The threshold for non -compliance: any entity that denies female students an opportunity to participate in sporting and athletic events by requiring them, in the category of women, competing with or against or seems unleashed to men. “
The Department of Education announced less than 24 hours after the signing of the order that was investigating the State University of San José, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, all of which have had violations of the title IX in its against allowing transgender athletes to compete.
Each administration has the authority to issue its own interpretations of historical legislation better known for its role to guarantee gender equity in athletics and prevent sexual harassment on campus.
Given the thrust of how recent presidencies see title IX, it has created a lateral effect.
Joe Biden signed an executive order on his first day in the position that interpreted sex as 'gender identity' under title IX, a movement that protected the transgender athletes from being discriminated if they wanted to participate in a sport that lined up with their Gender identity, not their sex assigned to birth.
The volleyball player of the state of San José, Blaire Fleming, faced constant attacks of trans critics in 2024
However, it took more than three years that the regulations of Title IX said it would be finished. And when they were, they lacked specific sports and were suspended by the courts.
Trump's order explicitly establishes that sex means “immutable biological classification as a man or woman.” “Sex” is not synonymous and does not include the concept of “gender identity.” The order adds that “the sexes are not changing and are based on a fundamental and incontrovertible reality.”
The decision marks a significant change in the way in which title IX is seen and more explicitly, how it will be applied.
That number is difficult to specify.
The NCAA, for example, does not track data on transgender athletes between the 544,000 that currently compete in 19,000 teams on several levels throughout the country, although the president of the NCAA, Charlie Baker, declared in Congress in December that he was aware of Less than 10 active Athletes of the NCAA that identified as transgender.
A 2019 Survey of Secondary Students of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight (Glass) education network said that only 5 percent of respondents said they participated in a sport that aligned with their gender identity. A 2022 report from the Williams Institute estimated that about 300,000 high school students (ages from 13 to 17 years old) identified as transgender. It is unknown how many of these young people participate in sports, but it is likely to be a small fraction.
The scope of title IX extends far beyond the participation of transgender athletes. It is believed that breach is widespread.
The Women's Sports Foundation pointed out in a 2022 report that there were still 'inequities of gender gross' in all university divisions and that there was a reason for concern about the generalized breach of the title IX in the athletics programs of the high school and university and university school “. 19 Pandemic made female sports even more vulnerable.
The president of the NCAA, Charlie Baker, speaks at a conference in Nashville on January 15
The Trump Department of Education has demanded the transgender athletes of the NCAA of the titles or records of women who won after the transition, according to the letter obtained by the DC
However, to date, no school at any level has terminated its federal financing so as not that studies gender intersection, sports, media and culture. He wondered where all this support for female sports in general, and not on this issue specifically, has been during the last five decades.
“All these other inequalities have existed and now you are in a position of power to address those opportunities and this is what you are addressing?” Cooky said. “The fact that this is the problem for which the administration is concerned says a lot in terms of how we value women in this society and how we value women's sports in this society.”
However, given Trump's unpredictable approach to the government, the precedent and history may not be applied.
Approximately half of the states have already promulgated legislation that effectively prevents transgender athletes from competing in the category that aligns with their gender identity. The AP reported in 2021 that in many cases, the states that introduced the prohibition of transgender athletes could not cite cases in which their participation was a problem.
Some states already plan to challenge Trump's order in the Court. Connecticut Attorney General, William Tong, described the “energetic and illegal” order and asked those who oppose the order to “be together and defend themselves.”
What is also not clear is whether a federal agency can pursue specific organizations, such as state sports school associations, which do not receive money directly from the federal government.
The Board of Governors of the NCAA moved quickly, amending its transgender participation policy to limit competition in women's sports to athletes assigned to women at birth. The NCAA has more than 500,000 athletes competing for about 1,100 schools.
“We firmly believe that clear, consistent and uniform eligibility standards would better serve today's athlete students instead of a mosaic of state laws and judicial decisions in conflict,” Baker said Thursday. “To that end, the order of President Trump provides a clear and clear standard.”
The National Intercollegial Athletics Association, the Government Body for more than 200 small schools throughout the country, unanimously voted in 2023 to effectively prohibit transgender athletes in women's sports.
In a movement that most saw come once Trump won a second term, his administration still managed to sneak into a curved ball.
The order asks that the Secretary of State's office use 'all appropriate and available measures' in the hope that the International Olympic Committee will produce a uniform transgender policy. The organization has passed money for years, postponing international federations for each sport.
That could change, however, when a new COI president replaces Thomas Bach withdrawal. Several candidates to replace Bach, particularly the former star of the track and the current director of World Athletics Seb Coe, have expressed their support for a uniform policy.
The IOC this week said that “it will continue to explain and discuss the various issues with the relevant authorities.”