NCAA Caves to Trump by Banning Trans Athletes
The NCAA is following President Donald Trump’s lead.
Just one day after he signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports, the country’s premier collegiate athletics organization changed its policy to do the same.
“The NCAA is an organization made up of 1,100 colleges and universities in all 50 states that collectively enroll more than 530,000 student-athletes,” NCAA President Charlie Baker said in a statement. “We strongly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today’s student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions. To that end, President Trump’s order provides a clear, national standard.”
In December, Baker told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that he was aware of fewer than 10 transgender athletes—.002 percent of all collegiate athletes in the U.S.
In a Truth Social post Thursday, Trump called on the International Olympic Committee to be the next sporting body to ban transgender athletes.
On Wednesday, Trump said transgender athletes wouldn’t be allowed at the 2028 Olympic Games, which the U.S. hosts. The president also falsely claimed once again that two Olympic boxers at last year’s Paris Games were transgender.