{"id":416965,"date":"2021-04-13T07:58:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=416965"},"modified":"2021-04-13T07:58:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:58:32","slug":"ncaa-unequivocally-supports-transgender-student-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ncaa-unequivocally-supports-transgender-student-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA \u2018Unequivocally\u2019 Supports Transgender Student Athletes"},"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\">12<\/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-unequivocally-supports-transgender-student-athletes%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=416965&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\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1624.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>As female athletes around the country fight to keep biological men from competing with them, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has announced its unequivocal support for transgender student-athletes.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/about\/resources\/media-center\/news\/ncaa-board-governors-statement-transgender-participation\">statement<\/a> released on Monday, the NCAA said it \u201cunequivocally\u201d supports the transgender community and expressed no misgivings about the real prospect of biological men outcompeting women in their given sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NCAA Board of Governors firmly and unequivocally supports the opportunity for transgender student-athletes to compete in college sports. This commitment is grounded in our values of inclusion and fair competition,\u201d the NCAA said.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA then touted the (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/feature\/nbc-out\/trans-women-retain-athletic-edge-after-year-hormone-therapy-study-n1252764\">highly questionable<\/a>) concept of testosterone suppression as a valid equalizer for men competing in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NCAA has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Transgender_Handbook_2011_Final.pdf\">long-standing policy<\/a> that provides a more inclusive path for transgender participation in college sports,\u201d the NCAA said. \u201cOur approach \u2014 which requires testosterone suppression treatment for transgender women to compete in women\u2019s sports \u2014 embraces the evolving science on this issue and is anchored in participation policies of both the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Inclusion and fairness can coexist for all student-athletes, including transgender athletes, at all levels of sport. Our clear expectation as the Association\u2019s top governing body is that all student-athletes will be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to ensuring that NCAA championships are open for all who earn the right to compete in them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen determining where championships are held, NCAA policy directs that only locations where hosts can commit to providing an environment that is safe, healthy and free of discrimination should be selected,\u201d it concluded. \u201cWe will continue to closely monitor these situations to determine whether NCAA championships can be conducted in ways that are welcoming and respectful of all participants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent study from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bjsm.bmj.com\/content\/early\/2020\/11\/06\/bjsports-2020-102329.full?ijkey=yjlCzZVZFRDZzHz&amp;keytype=ref\">British Journal of Sports Medicine<\/a>, biological men underwent a year of hormone treatment and still enjoyed a solid advantage over their female peers. Though the researchers did say that two years of hormone treatment did show some positive signs for transgender athletes, they ultimately admitted that there is no possible way to completely eliminate biological advantage, given how the body develops during puberty.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said she would not sign a bill in her state protecting women\u2019s sports from transgender athletes on the college level, citing possible reprisals from the NCAA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, as I have studied this legislation and conferred with legal experts over the past several days, I have become concerned that this bill\u2019s vague and overly broad language could have significant unintended consequences,\u201d Noem said in a letter to state lawmakers after vetoing the bill. \u201cI am also concerned that the approach House Bill 1217 takes is unrealistic in the context of collegiate athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-either-sign-or-veto-south-dakota-legislature-rejects-gov-noems-changes-to-womens-sports-bill\">\u2018Either Sign Or Veto\u2019: South Dakota Legislature Rejects Gov. Noem\u2019s Changes To Women\u2019s Sports&nbsp;Bill<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As female athletes around the country fight to keep biological men from competing with them, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has announced its unequivocal support for transgender student-athletes.In a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312084,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1624.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"NCAA \u2018Unequivocally\u2019 Supports Transgender Student Athletes","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1624.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"NCAA \u2018Unequivocally\u2019 Supports Transgender Student Athletes","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416965","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=416965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}