{"id":2381068,"date":"2024-12-17T15:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-grills-ncaa-president-over-indefensible-policy-on-female-sports-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:16:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:16:41","slug":"josh-hawley-grills-ncaa-president-over-indefensible-policy-on-female-sports-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-grills-ncaa-president-over-indefensible-policy-on-female-sports-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hawley grills NCAA president over \u2018indefensible\u2019 policy on female sports &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fjosh-hawley-grills-ncaa-president-over-indefensible-policy-on-female-sports-washington-examiner%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=2381068&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--><p>In \u2064a recent heated exchange \u2063during a Senate hearing, Senator \u200bJosh Hawley expressed strong criticism toward \u2064NCAA President Charlie Baker regarding the organization&#8217;s policy that permits biological men to compete in women&#8217;s sports. Hawley challenged Baker&#8217;s\u200c justification for this policy, which\u2062 he attributed to federal law. The senator argued that there\u200c is no \u200bsuch federal law mandating the inclusion of transgender athletes \u200bin women&#8217;s sports and pointed to Title IX, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rutgers-law-drops-policy-requiring-student-groups-to-promote-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"Rutgers Law Drops Policy Requiring Student Groups To Promote Critical Race Theory\">prohibits discrimination based<\/a> on sex \u200bin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-introduce-bills-defending-female-athletes-and-parental-rights\/\" title=\"Republicans Introduce Bills Defending Female Athletes and Parental Rights\">federally funded educational programs<\/a>. While Baker seemed to imply that judicial decisions supported the NCAA&#8217;s stance, Hawley rejected this notion, asserting that no court has mandated the inclusion of biological males in women&#8217;s sports and \u200bemphasized the\u200d explicit protections outlined in Title IX. The exchange underscored the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">contentious debate surrounding transgender participation<\/a> in sports and the interpretation of relevant laws.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Josh Hawley grills NCAA president over &lsquo;indefensible&rsquo; policy on female sports<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1914638\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Things got heated between Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-hawley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Josh Hawley<\/a> (R-MO) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ncaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NCAA<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-baker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Charlie Baker<\/a> during a hearing Tuesday, in which the Missouri senator pressed Baker on his &ldquo;indefensible&rdquo; policy on allowing biological men into female sports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The exchange happened when the senator grilled Baker on his comments to Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-kennedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Kennedy<\/a> (R-LA) when he said he was allowing transgender athletes to compete due to federal law. Hawley contended &ldquo;there&rsquo;s no federal law&rdquo; on this matter, and pointed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/title-ix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Title IX<\/a> as the law NCAA should be adhering to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Upon pressing Baker to confirm there is no federal case requiring the NCAA to include biological men in female sports, Baker responded, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s pretty much&rdquo; what had been decided, to which Hawley stopped him and told him, &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t say pretty much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re talking about the law here, and you actively dissembled to Senator Kennedy just a second ago,&rdquo; Hawley said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not true that the NCAA has been ordered by any court, number one. It&rsquo;s not true that federal law requires you to include biological males. In fact, Title IX explicitly says, &lsquo;No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be denied the benefits of any educational program or activity receiving federal assistance.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Josh Hawley: &#8220;No federal court has ordered the NCAA to include biological men in women&#8217;s sports, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NCAA President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieBakerMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CharlieBakerMA<\/a>: &#8220;That&#8217;s pretty much what they decided.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hawley: &#8220;Don&#8217;t say pretty much. We&#8217;re talking about the law here.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JEE48Huzb1\">pic.twitter.com\/JEE48Huzb1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1869067776855285992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Hawley then accused Baker of arguing that Title IX does not apply to the NCAA, which he described as &ldquo;astounding&rdquo; given how much funding it receives from the federal government. The senator then presented the NCAA president with information on multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">female sports<\/a> teams forfeiting their games because they did not want to play against a team with a biological male athlete.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is your policy, which you will not defend, because frankly, it&rsquo;s indefensible!&rdquo; Hawley yelled. &ldquo;Why are you, Mr. Baker, why are you allowing biological men to play in women&rsquo;s sports?!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hawley also criticized Baker and the NCAA&rsquo;s guidelines for allowing biological men to use female locker rooms, to which Baker argued the guidelines provide &ldquo;optionalities&rdquo; to all members of the public on using facilities such as locker rooms. This comment left the senator perplexed, questioning why Baker was pushing responsibility for these guidelines on locals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Footage of Hawley&rsquo;s encounter with Baker was shared online by female sports activist and <em>Outkick<\/em> host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/riley-gaines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Riley Gaines<\/a>, who criticized the NCAA for &ldquo;blaming others for your failures&rdquo; and praising Hawley for &ldquo;holding their feet to the fire.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At the hands of NCAA leadership, my teammates &amp; I had to strip down naked in front of a 6&#8217;4&#8243;, fully intact, naked man. <\/p>\n<p>Read that again. <\/p>\n<p>Where&#8217;s the accountability <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NCAA<\/a>? Stop blaming others for your failures. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HawleyMO<\/a> for holding their feet to the fire. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EUN5u9MYaQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/EUN5u9MYaQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1869080237000339507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not the first time this month that Hawley&rsquo;s hearing grillings have gone viral, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3249942\/hawley-slams-travel-executives-flying-airlines-horrible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he spoke very harshly toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-no-domestic-flight-covid-test-mandate-for-now\/\" title=\"Biden Says No Domestic Flight Covid Test Mandate For Now\">multiple airline executives<\/a> on Dec. 4<\/a>, slamming them for their leadership and how &ldquo;nobody enjoys flying on your airlines.&rdquo; He also criticized airlines such as Spirit and Frontier for &ldquo;harassing customers&rdquo; over luggage even after these travelers have &ldquo;already paid.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1914638\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1914638\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Hawley confronts NCAA president over &#8216;indefensible&#8217; policy on women&#8217;s sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2381069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/121724_SPORTS_BETTING-1-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33413,34799,9333,38654],"class_list":["post-2381068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-female-sports","tag-josh-hawley","tag-ncaa","tag-policy-debate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/121724_SPORTS_BETTING-1-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381068","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381068"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381072,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381068\/revisions\/2381072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}