Biden-Harris Title IX rule recently went into effect on August 1
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and 21 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker urging the NCAA to update its student-athlete policy to ensure only female students can participate in women’s sports.
The letter comes as the Biden-Harris Title IX rule that redefines gender recently went into effect in 24 states on August 1. Twenty-six states, including Alabama, have an injunction in place that prevents the rule from taking effect while the rule is being challenged in court.
“Amid the Biden—Harris administration’s unprecedented assault on Title IX, we write to urge the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to update your student-athlete participation policy to require that only biologically female students participate in women’s sports. The 2024 Summer Olympics are upon us, and the NCAA has boasted about its athletes’ participation. Yet the NCAA has still taken no steps to protecting a critical portion of these athletes. Several organizations—including the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Court of Arbitration for Sport—in addition to more than 20 states, have acted recently to protect women’s sports. We urge the NCAA to follow suit and take similar action to promote fair play,” the Senators wrote.
Joining Senators Tuberville and Blackburn are Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), James Lankford (R-OK), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Jim Risch (R-ID), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rick Scott (R-FL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), John Thune (R-SD), and Roger Wicker (R-MS).
The letter is endorsed by Riley Gaines, Concerned Women for America, Heritage Action, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Independent Women’s Forum, the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, the Independent Women’s Law Center, Champion Women, and the Our Bodies Our Sports Coalition.
Read the letter here.
BACKGROUND:
As a former educator, mentor, and coach for more than 40 years, Senator Tuberville is concerned about the future of girls’ and women’s sports. He began his career coaching high school girls’ basketball shortly after the enactment of Title IX, and witnessed the law’s positive impacts firsthand. Senator Tuberville has been a vocal advocate of preserving Title IX and urged Joe Biden’s Department of Education officials to keep the protections in place.
In June 2022, on the 50th anniversary of Title IX’s enactment, the Education Department issued a proposed rule to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports. Senator Tuberville urged Joe Biden’s Education Department officials to keep the protections in place and cited his concern about the negative implications it would have for female athletes.
Despite receiving nearly 240,000 comments in opposition to the proposed rule, the Education Department ignored every single one and published the final Title IX rule in April 2024. This is not the expected sports rule—the Education Department is working on a separate effort to allow biological men to compete in women’s sports. Senator Tuberville issued a scathing statement in response to the final rule and is continuing his fight to oppose it.
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Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, and HELP Committees.
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