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WATCH LIVE: President Trump swings 2028 Olympics plans into motion with executive order
President Trump will sign an executive order creating an Olympics task force ahead of the 2028 games.
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07-02-2025
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NCAA prohibits transgender athletes in women's sports
The NCAA announced Thursday it would no longer allow transgender athletes to compete in women's sports and would limit participation to those assigned female at birth. The policy change, approved by the NCAA board of governors, comes one day after President Trump signed an executive order barring transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports. 'We strongly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today's student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions,' NCAA President Charlie Baker, former Republican governor of Massachusetts, said in a statement Thursday. 'To that end, President Trump's order provides a clear, national standard,' he added. The NCAA policy change is effective immediately and applies universally in women's sports, regardless of eligibility under the previous policy. Transgender athletes are still eligible to participate in the men's category, under the updated policy. Previously, the NCAA policy said transgender participation in each sport depended on guidelines set by the sport's national or international governing body. Transgender inclusion in women's sports has become a political lightning rod, dividing the nation and playing an increasingly central role in political campaigns. Trump's executive order this week fulfilled a long-standing campaign promise that rallied much of his base ahead of the election. Baker told a Senate panel that there are fewer than 10 transgender athletes he is aware of who currently compete in college sports, accounting for less than 0.002 percent of NCAA athletes nationwide. The NCAA includes 1,100 colleges and universities, accounting for more than 530,000 student-athletes, Baker said. At least one NCAA official resigned following the announcement Thursday. Jack Turban said on social media that he was resigning from the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports. 'Unfortunately, your recent decision to issue a blanket ban on trans female participation in women's sports does not align with [medical] or scientific consensus,' Turban wrote in a letter to Baker. 'I cannot in good conscience participate in this kind of politicization of science and medicine at the expense of some of our most vulnerable student-athletes.' Turban told The Hill that he and other committee members were not given advance notice of the board's vote before the public announcement. Trump praised the NCAA's decision in a Thursday post on X, writing, 'Exciting news! Due to my Executive Order, which I signed yesterday, the NCAA has officially changed their policy of allowing men in Women's Sports – IT IS NOW BANNED. This is a great day for women and girls across the country.' He added, 'Men should have NEVER been allowed to compete against women in the first place, but I am proud to be the President to SAVE Women's Sports. We expect the Olympics Committee to also use Common Sense, and implement this policy, which is very popular among the American People, and the entire World!' Brooke Migdon contributed. Updated at 6:09 p.m. EST. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Fox News
07-02-2025
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Trump says he's 'proud to be the president to save women's sports' after NCAA changes trans athlete policy
President Donald Trump celebrated the NCAA's announcement of a new policy Thursday that prevents transgender athletes from competing in women's sports after he signed an executive order to address the issue a day earlier. Trump proclaimed himself "the president to save women's sports" in a celebratory Truth Social post. He also suggested the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be the next major sports institution to follow his order. "Due to my Executive Order, which I proudly signed yesterday, the NCAA has officially changed their policy of allowing men in Women's Sports – IT IS NOW BANNED! This is a great day for women and girls across our Country," Trump wrote. "Men should have NEVER been allowed to compete against women in the first place, but I am proud to be the President to SAVE Women's Sports. We expect the Olympics Committee to also use Common Sense, and implement this policy, which is very popular among the American People, and the entire World!" The NCAA's previous policy, which had been in place in 2010, allowed biological males to compete in women's sports after undergoing at least one year of testosterone suppression treatment. The new policy states, "A student-athlete assigned male at birth may not compete on a women's team." Prior to Trump signing the order Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said part of the motivation behind Trump's executive order would be to create a "pressure campaign" for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and NCAA to follow and prevent transgender athletes from competing in women's sports. During Trump's ceremony at the White House to sign the executive order, he announced that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will prohibit any transgender athletes attempting to compete as women from entering the country for the Olympics in 2028. Trump said he will instruct Noem "to deny any and all visa applications made by men attempting to fraudulently enter the United States while identifying themselves as women athletes try and get into the Games." There was controversy surrounding gender eligibility at the Paris Olympics in July and August. Boxers Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan won gold medals in women's boxing. Both athletes had previously been disqualified from international competitions for failing gender eligibility tests. However, the IOC and current President Thomas Bach voiced support for both athletes. The IOC also insisted that both athletes were biologically female. Before that, Laurel Hubbard, a transgender woman, competed in weightlifting for the New Zealand team, and Canadian soccer player Quinn came out as nonbinary and transgender in 2020. With Bach preparing to leave office later this year, the IOC's next president could help carry out Trump's vision on the issue more cooperatively. Former British Olympic champion Sebastian Coe is a candidate to be the next IOC president and has suggested he will take action to prevent transgender inclusion in women's events. Coe is the head of World Athletics, the governing body for international track and field competition. In 2023, the governing body tightened its regulations on transgender athletes to exclude transgender women who have gone through male puberty from competing in the female category. That regulation also lowered the maximum testosterone level for eligible female competitors. Coe said if he becomes IOC president, the new Olympic policy on transgender inclusion will "probably" reflect the one he has established in World Athletics. Coe has also said the controversy surrounding Khelif and Yu-ting made him feel "uncomfortable." The United Nations released study findings saying nearly 900 biological females have fallen short of winning medals because they lost to transgender athletes. The study, "Violence against women and girls in sports," said more than 600 athletes did not medal in more than 400 competitions in 29 different sports, totaling over 890 medals, according to information obtained up to March 30. "The replacement of the female sports category with a mixed-sex category has resulted in an increasing number of female athletes losing opportunities, including medals, when competing against males," the report said. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
