{"id":1941370,"date":"2023-05-31T15:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-governor-corrects-espn-reporting-on-transgender-sports-ban-let-me-fix-that\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:57:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:57:08","slug":"alabama-governor-corrects-espn-reporting-on-transgender-sports-ban-let-me-fix-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-governor-corrects-espn-reporting-on-transgender-sports-ban-let-me-fix-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama governor corrects ESPN&#8217;s report on transgender sports ban: &#8216;Let me clarify&#8217;"},"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%2Falabama-governor-corrects-espn-reporting-on-transgender-sports-ban-let-me-fix-that%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=1941370&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--><h2>Alabama Governor Kay Ivey Calls Out ESPN for Reporting on Transgender Sports Ban<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLook, if you are a biological male, you are not going to be competing in women\u2019s and girls\u2019 sports in Alabama. It\u2019s about fairness, plain and simple,&#8221; said Ivey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gov. Kay Ivey (R-AL) recently signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-top-25-worst-moments-of-2021\/\" title=\"Joe Biden's Top 25 Worst Moments of 2021\">transgender sports ban<\/a> into law, which requires students at public schools and colleges to participate on the sports teams that align with their biological sex. However, ESPN&#8217;s reporting on the law has caused controversy.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN noted that the law will ban &#8220;transgender women from playing on female sports teams in college.&#8221; Ivey took issue with the phrasing and tweeted, &#8220;Let me fix that, @espn. *Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation on Tuesday that will ban biological MEN from playing on FEMALE sports teams in college. #alpolitics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Expanding the Law<\/h3>\n<p>This is not the first time Ivey has signed a transgender sports ban into law. In 2021, she signed a law pertaining only to public K-12 schools. The latest bill expands this original law to apply to public colleges as well.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 states have similar policies, restricting students from playing on teams that do not align with their biological sex and are not explicitly co-ed. This is in an effort to protect women&#8217;s and girls&#8217; sports, often pointing to biological advantages enjoyed by men.<\/p>\n<h3>The Biden Administration&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>The Biden administration attempted to push back against these laws, debuting a new Title IX rule last month which would disallow states from categorically banning biological men from participation in women&#8217;s sports. Instead, schools must decide &#8220;team eligibility criteria that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-democrats-pass-measure-to-fine-school-boards-5k-a-day-for-transgender-sports-bans\/\" title=\"Nevada Dems approve K daily fine for school boards banning trans sports.\">serve important educational objectives<\/a>, such as ensuring fairness in competition or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-governor-corrects-espn-reporting-on-transgender-sports-ban-let-me-fix-that\/\" title=\"Alabama governor corrects ESPN's report on transgender sports ban: 'Let me clarify'\">preventing sports-related injury<\/a>. These criteria would have to account for the sport, level of competition, and grade or education level to which they apply.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>States which defy this rule could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-wants-to-force-public-charter-schools-to-select-students-by-race\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Wants To Force Public Charter Schools To Select Students By Race\">risk losing federal funding<\/a>. After receiving more than 240,000 comments during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">public comment period<\/a>, the administration delayed the rule until October in order to review them all.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>While the debate over transgender sports bans continues, it is clear that Gov. Kay Ivey is committed to protecting the fairness of women&#8217;s and girls&#8217; sports in Alabama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama Governor Kay Ivey criticized ESPN&#8217;s coverage of her signing a transgender sports ban. She signed House Bill 26, which mandates public school and college students to participate in sports teams based on their biological sex, joining other Republican-led states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1941371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[8565,7008,9034,19577,7610,4173,11025,3819,3847,4019],"class_list":["post-1941370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-alabama","tag-ban","tag-clarify","tag-corrects","tag-espns","tag-governor","tag-let","tag-report","tag-sports","tag-transgender"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}