NCAA’s changed gender eligibility policy has been investigated by women’s rights activists over apparent loopholes, which some claim they will continue to allow biological men to compete in women’s sports.

NCAA changed its policy on February 7 to comply with President Donald Trump’s recent “No Men Men In Women’s Sports” executive order, which was signed on February 6th. The new policy that turned a previous policy that had been in place since 2010 to allow trans athletes in women’s sports now saying that “a student athlete who is awarded a man at birth can practice on an NCAA women and receive all other benefits that apply to student athletes. ”

The policy stated that “a student athlete who is awarded a man at birth can practice on an NCAA women’s team and receive all other benefits that apply to student athletes.”

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Many critics have insisted that this policy does not go far enough or establish clear enough barriers to protecting women’s athletes in the college rows. The most common criticism has been that the policy allegedly allows trans athletes to bypass the restriction by changing gender on their birth certificate.

In the United States, 44 states allow birth certificates to change to change a person’s birth sex. The only states that do not allow this are Florida, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Montana. In the meantime, there are 14 states that allow sex on a birth certificate to change without required medical documentation, including California, New York, Massachusetts and Michigan.

“It provides no protection of women, does not follow federal law, and remove all NCAA responsibility. It allows explicit men on women’s teams and defines levels of participation based on shiftable birth certificates,” Independent advice for women’s sports co-founder Kim Jones told Pakinomist Digital about NCAA’s new politics.

“There is nothing in this policy that keeps men out of women’s sports. Go back and start again. Women need a policy that only defines women’s sports for women and maintains screening with NCAA responsibility.”

Former American gymnast and founder of XX-XY Athletics Jennifer Sey repeated the concerns of changing birth certificates.

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“It sets no clear limit to maintain the integrity of women’s sports. All that is needed to give” proof “to be female is a birth certificate that can be changed in 44 states. The policy is filled with logging holes and is not in accordance with the executive order or what is right and fair.

NCAA’s policy on its site offered no clarity on changes in birth certificate. However, a spokesman for NCAA has told Pakinomist Digital that the governing body does not allow Trans athletes to compete in the women’s category based on changed birth certificates.

“The policy is aware that there are no exceptions available and athletes assigned male at birth may not compete on a women’s team with changed birth certificates or other forms of ID,” the spokesman said.

With regard to trans athletes practicing on a women’s team, NCAA considers male practice players as a “staple” of women’s sports.

“Players in male practices have been a staple in college sports for decades, especially in women’s basketball, and the association will continue to explain it in politics,” the spokesman said.

However, the benefits that are expanded to athletes practicing on a women’s team do not include scholarships, a source, well known, tells Pakinomist Digital.

These details are not currently described on the official NCAA policy side as it does not make any specific references to birth certificate or ID changes, or women’s scholarships going to trans athletes.

Whether NCAA makes an official update to tackle this criticism has not yet been determined.

The previous politics that allowed Trans athletes to compete and share dressing rooms with women for almost a decade and a half has led to several litigation and now even federal investigations.

Former University of Kentucky Women’s swimmer and current conservative activist Riley Gaines is currently leading a lawsuit against NCAA over his previous policy on gender eligibility. This trial quotes her and others’ experience of competing against Transgender University of Pennsylvania swimming Lia Thomas in 2022.

Three of Thomas’ former Upenn teammates have brought their own trial against NCAA, Ivy League, Upenn and Harvard about their experience of sharing a team and dressing room with Thomas in the 2021-22 season.

Former San Jose State University -Volleyball player Brooke Slusser is currently leading a lawsuit against her school and the Mountain West conference on her handling of Trans -Aatlet Blaire Fleming.

Both Upenn and San Jose State are now investigating the US Ministry of Education for potential violations of title IX, which took place during institutions’ handling of Thomas and Fleming.