The Executive Order to Protect Women’s Sports is perfectly crafted.
But the subsequent NCAA policy is not in alignment with the Executive Order. And it will not protect women’s sports.
It defines women’s teams as being comprised of women and men.
Anyone who produces a birth certificate that says “female” can compete in the women’s category.
The policy doesn’t define sex, rather the policy states that sex is what appears on documents.
Documents can be changed in 44 states and 66 countries. And sometimes they are wrong, as in the case of boxer Imane Khelif and often others with DSDs.
The policy begins with the premise that there can be men on women’s teams. Rather than the premise of protecting the integrity of women’s sports. In fact, it bends over backwards to ensure that men who identify as women can participate with “full benefits” on women’s teams.
It provides no protections on the basis of sex.
It doesn’t uphold the intention of Title IX or the Executive Order.
An effective NCAA policy must lay out a clear boundary, in this case – that women’s sports are for XX only.
And it must dictate a clear method by which to confirm and enforce that boundary. In this case, a test for sex (a simple non-invasive spit test).
The NCAA policy must be rewritten in order to uphold the intention of Title IX and the Executive Order.
Many athletes, including Riley Gaines, are calling the NCAA out. XX-XY Athletics gathered many of these athletes together to make this video to lay out the problems with the NCAA policy, which is in violation of the letter and spirit of the Executive Order.
