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The Pros And Cons Of The Current NCAA Policy

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Current NCAA policy outlines a three-phase plan to have a full transgender implementation by the 2024-2025 collegiate season (NCAA, 2022). The new policy follows a sport-by-sport approach, considering policies of national governing bodies or international federations. All three phases of implementation require documentation of compliance with testosterone levels. Despite a unified NCAA guideline, each sport's specific governing body adopts distinct policies, set to take effect from August 1, 2024 (NCAA, 2022). The current NCAA policy, with its focus on fairness, inclusion, and safety, provides a platform for transgender student-athletes to pursue their passions and dreams in sports as their authentic selves using the three-phrase plan but …show more content…

In 2010 the NCAA passed a policy where transgender male (female to male) athletes with testosterone treatment can compete on men's teams, but they lose eligibility for women's teams unless the team is mixed. Whereas transgender female (MTF) athletes on testosterone suppression medication may continue competing on men's teams but must complete one year of treatment before becoming eligible for women's teams. (NCAA, 2022). Essentially, any transgender student-athletes not undergoing hormone treatment, participation in their sport is based on their sex assigned at birth. Transgender athletes who identify as female and are not undergoing testosterone treatment have the option to join either men's or women's teams, whereas transgender athletes who identify as male and are not utilizing hormone treatment are not permitted to take part in women's teams (NCAA, 2022). This policy changed as of January 19, 2022, due to University of Pennsylvania female transgender swimmer, Lia …show more content…

Women’s right activist and collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines stands at the forefront within the debate of transgender participation within women’s collegiate athletics. Riley Gaines highlighted in her interview that the NCAA allows transgender female athletes to compete as long as they test for under 10nmol/L of testosterone, while biological females have levels ranging from .8-1.2nmol/L (Riley Gaines Speaks out about Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas, 2022). The significant difference in testing numbers alone creates a considerable gap between transgender females and biological females, raising concerns about fair competition. It is undeniable that biological males have an athletic advantage compared to biological females and the current NCAA policy allows for only three points of testosterone testing when there are many other factors to consider keeping the integrity of women’s athletics. Furthermore, there are noticeable physical differences, such as height, muscle mass, and lung capacity, which can further influence athletic performance between transgender females and biological females. Joanna Harper, a researcher investigating transgender athletic performance at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, stated that “.... hormone therapy

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When one considers how sports like basketball and football soak up a majority of a college budget for men’s sports and how women’s sports would function without Title IX, it is clear that Title IX does not negatively impact men’s sports and is necessary for colleges to adhere by. In contrast, Title IX has done the opposite of it’s intention, and is leading to discrimination and elimination of men’s athletic teams as suggested in “Title IX Under Fire As Colleges Cut Teams” by Jean Marbella and Carrie Wells. As a result, Title IX has lead to an unfair cut of men’s teams as many women do not participate proportionally with their population

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