‘Certainly problematic’
(FOX NEWS) — The NCAA flipped a switch and appeared to alter its gender-participation policy to bar biological males from competing in women’s sports in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order.
Two weeks after Trump’s No Men in Women’s Sports executive order, long-standing critics of the top collegiate athletic association in the U.S. have pointed out the new policy leaves a lot to be desired. Riley Gaines, Jennifer Sey, Kim Jones and others who have championed the protection of women’s sports have pointed out the possible loopholes in the NCAA’s policy.
The major criticism is the policy fails to go far enough or establish clear barriers to protect women’s athletes in the college ranks. The most common criticism has been that the policy allegedly allows trans athletes to bypass the restriction by changing the gender on their birth certificate.