Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines and about two dozen demonstrators outside the NCAA convention protested the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's sports and threatened the association with legal action if it doesn't change its policies.
Full implementation of the policy was scheduled to be phased in by Augustthrough the 2023-24 academic year “to address operational considerations.”
“We want to have an environment that is fair, welcoming and inclusive for all of ,” Ivy League executive director Robin Harris said at the convention during a session this week on the topic. Harris said the transgender athletes policy is no different from other eligibility requirements.“They are playing by the rules,” NCAA director of inclusion Jean Merrill said during the session.
“It's just not that simple. I think they’re ever moving, ever evolving. And fairness is ever evolving, as well, the more we learn about bodies and biology and people and the more we understand diversity and equity and inclusion,” Bailar said at the convention session.
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