A demand letter was delivered to the NCAA on Thursday calling for an end to the practice of allowing male-born athletes to compete on women's teams.
On Thursday, a group of current and former female athletes delivered aA petition and demand letter was hand-delivered by formerto the NCAA, demanding it"take direct and immediate action to establish rules to keep women’s collegiate sports female."
"In the world of college sports, it is impossible to provide equal opportunities for both sexes without female-only teams," the letter reads."Yet the NCAA implements and perpetuates a policy of allowing male athletes on women’s teams, even as sports governing bodies and federal courts increasingly reject these unjust and inequitable policies that exclude young women from their own teams.
The letter demands that the NCAA"repeal all policies and rules that allow male athletes to take roster spots on women’s teams and/or compete in women’s events."
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