Hall of Fame Quarterback Brett Favre Prost President Donald Trump on Thursday, after signing a executive order this week that effectively banned transnry athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports.
Trump signed “To keep men out of women’s sports” Ordering Wednesday, which requires units receiving federal funding to adapt to section IX, which the Trump administration changed last week to recognize protection on the basis of biological sex – to regret former President Joe Biden’s rewrite of 2024.
President Donald Trump speaks while signing documents in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo)
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“I appreciate President @RealDonaldTrump signing an initiative to prevent biological boys from competing against women,” Favre said in a post about X of the executive order. “It’s sad that this should happen in this day and age, but glad it was done.”
Favre also thanked Gaines who host Outkicks “Gaines for Girls” Podcast, for “to be part of this initiative to help push this forward.”
Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Brett Favre takes the stage during a campaign management for the then Republican presidential -nominated Donald Trump on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. (Tork Mason/USA Today Network-Wisconsin)
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Surrounded by female athletes, Trump declared at the signing ceremony that “the war against women’s sports is over.”
In response to the executive order, NCAA President Charlie Baker said the Board of Directors would review it and take steps to adapt the organization’s policy in the coming days.
“NCAA is an organization that consists of 1,100 colleges and universities in all 50 states that collect more than 530,000 student athletes,” the statement says.
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“We are convinced that clear, consistent and uniform standards of eligibility will best serve today’s student athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions. To this end, President Trump’s order provides a clear national standard.”
NCAA President Charlie Baker gives a TV interview during the game between UCLA Bruins and South Carolina Gamecocks in the sweet 16 round of NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament in Bon Secours Wellness Arena on 25th, 2023 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Trump has also approached International Olympic Committee (IOC) Prior to the 2028 matches in Los Angeles.
The pressure comes in the midst of an impending management change at the IOC. Current President Thomas Bach is to retire, and the top candidate to replace him, Sebastian Coe, has spoken publicly about his attitude to protect women’s sports.
