{"id":1228267,"date":"2022-01-20T17:37:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T22:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1228267"},"modified":"2022-01-20T17:37:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T22:37:35","slug":"ncaa-overhauls-policy-on-trans-athletes-after-upenn-swimmer-dominates-womens-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ncaa-overhauls-policy-on-trans-athletes-after-upenn-swimmer-dominates-womens-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Overhauls Policy on Trans Athletes After UPenn Swimmer Dominates Women&#039;s Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fncaa-overhauls-policy-on-trans-athletes-after-upenn-swimmer-dominates-womens-competition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1228267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lia-Thompson-Penn-Athletics-Facebook-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The NCAA Board of Governors has announced changes to its transgender athlete policy due to the controversy over trans UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>NCAA President Mark Emmert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-announces-changes-to-transgender-athlete-policies-effective-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> that the new policy \u201cprovides consistency and further strengthens the relationship between college sports and the U.S. Olympics,\u201d according to Swimming World.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The new college policy will adhere to international athletic standards when any particular sport has adopted them on a sport-to-sport basis, the NCAA says.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Like the Olympics, the updated NCAA policy calls for transgender participation for each sport to be determined by the policy for the national governing body of that sport, subject to ongoing review and recommendation by the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports to the Board of Governors. If there is no NGB policy for a sport, that sport\u2019s international federation policy would be followed. If there is no international federation policy, previously established IOC policy criteria would be followed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NCAA Board of Governors updates its transgender sports policy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ylem2pjIfY\">pic.twitter.com\/Ylem2pjIfY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RossDellenger\/status\/1483980521583620101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The NCAA did not say whether or not the new changes would affect Thomas and the University of Pennsylvania swim team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Thomas has caused no end of controversy after claiming to \u201ctransition\u201d to a woman as the swimming competition season started. Thomas has repeatedly smashed women\u2019s swimming records since joining the school\u2019s swim team.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas set a new 500 freestyle Ivy League record this season and the next day crushed the female record in the 200 freestyle, setting an all-time record that will likely be hard for natural-born female swimmers to beat.<\/p>\n<p>But Thomas was also heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/13\/so-easy-i-was-cruising-trans-upenn-swimmer-bragged-about-beating-female-opponents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bragging<\/a> about how easy it has been to beat his female opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas recently lost to another trans swimmer, but recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/19\/teammate-alleges-lia-thomas-intentionally-lost-to-female-trans-swimmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evidence<\/a> has suggested that Thomas lost on purpose.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NCAA Board of Governors has announced changes to its transgender athlete policy due to the controversy over trans UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas. 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