{"id":5819,"date":"2024-04-24T16:48:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T08:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=5819"},"modified":"2024-04-24T16:48:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T08:48:46","slug":"hundreds-of-athletes-urge-the-ncaa-to-not-ban-transgender-athletes-from-womens-college-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=5819","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of athletes urge the NCAA to not ban transgender athletes from women\u2019s college sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/3.png 792w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/3-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/3-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 400 former and current collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes urged the NCAA to not ban transgender athletes from women\u2019s college sports, according to a letter sent out on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe implore you, the NCAA\u2019s highest governing body and members of an organization focused on supporting the wellbeing of not just athletes but sport itself, to focus on the long-documented needs of NCAA athletes of all genders,\u201d the letter said. \u201cWe implore you to focus efforts on developing policies driven by research, education, collaboration, and policy to promote a healthy and safe environment for all athletes, NOT discriminatory attempts to sideline an entire group of athletes from the sports they love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter was signed by former NFL defensive end R.K. Russell, former Minnesota Vikings\u2019 fullback Johnny Stanton, former WNBA basketball star Sue Bird and U.S. Women\u2019s National Team soccer co-captain Megan Rapinoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the NCAA said that \u201ccollege sports are the premier stage for women\u2019s sports in America and the NCAA will continue to promote Title IX, make unprecedented investments in women\u2019s sports and ensure fair competition for all student-athletes in all NCAA championships, according to NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCAA issued new guidelines in 2022 about transgender women\u2019s participation in NCAA sports. The updated requirements feature three phases. With the new rules, the cases are referred to the \u201cnational governing body\u201d while maintaining that transgender women have to have at least one year of testosterone suppression treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The debate over transgender women\u2019s participation in sports has been a hot-button issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of Americans, 69 percent, said that transgender athletes should only participate in teams that correspond with their birth gender, according to a Gallup poll from June last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Independents, Democrats and Republicans, are \u201cmodestly less\u201d supportive of transgender athletes competing on teams corresponding with their current gender than two years ago, Gallup noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the body encompassing around 250 member schools, approved a policy this month that would ban transgender athletes from playing in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs athletes, we know firsthand that sport has the power to change lives,\u201d athletes said in a letter on Tuesday. \u201cAllowing transgender athletes within the NCAA to participate in the sports they love as who they truly are alongside their teammates fulfills the true spirit of Olympism we all ascribe to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 400 former and current collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes urged the NCAA to not ban transgender athletes from women\u2019s college sports, according to a letter sent out on Tuesday. \u201cWe implore you, the NCAA\u2019s highest governing body and members of an organization focused on supporting the wellbeing of not just athletes but sport itself, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-5819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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