Ithaca College lets trans athlete compete in women's rowing competition after NCAA changes gender policy

Ithaca College successful New York admitted to letting a trans jock vie successful a Division III rowing contention implicit the weekend. The assemblage allowed this contempt the information that the NCAA changed its sex eligibility argumentation backmost successful February to forestall biologic males from competing successful women's sports, successful compliance with President Donald Trump's enforcement bid addressing the issue. 

The trans jock competed successful the Cayuga Duals connected Saturday, but lone successful the 3rd varsity 8 event, which is not factored into NCAA title qualification. 

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Ithaca provided a connection to Fox News Digital saying the information of the trans jock was owed to a "misunderstanding" by the coaching unit astir what was considered an authoritative NCAA event, and referenced the policy's allowing of antheral signifier players. 

"It is the intent of Ithaca College to comply with each NCAA rules. Under those rules, the student-athlete successful question has the quality to beryllium connected the roster and enactment successful practices and open-gender competition. This past weekend, determination was a misunderstanding by the coaching unit astir what constituted an authoritative NCAA event, due to the fact that determination is nary 3rd varsity rowing lawsuit astatine NCAA championships," the connection read. 

Ithaca finished successful archetypal spot successful the archetypal and 2nd varsity 8 events implicit Hamilton College and William Smith College, but finished successful 3rd spot successful the 3rd varsity 8 lawsuit that the trans jock competed in. 

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The NCAA has provided a connection to Fox News Digital addressing Ithaca's breach of policy. 

"The argumentation is wide that determination are nary waivers available, and students assigned antheral astatine commencement whitethorn not vie connected a women’s squad with amended commencement certificates oregon different forms of ID.  If contention occurs, the squad volition beryllium considered a mixed squad and not eligible to vie against women’s teams. Ithaca stated their intent to adhere to the argumentation which allows for signifier opportunities and the NCAA appreciates Ithaca’s responsiveness," the connection read. 

The NCAA did not bespeak that the results of the lawsuit volition beryllium voided oregon that Ithaca volition look immoderate consequences. 

Ithaca's caller incidental is the archetypal known occurrence of a trans jock competing successful a women's contention since the NCAA amended its sex eligibility argumentation connected Feb. 6. 

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"A student-athlete assigned antheral astatine commencement whitethorn not vie connected a women’s team," the caller argumentation read.

The erstwhile policy, which was enactment successful spot successful 2010, allowed biologic males to vie successful the women's class aft undergoing astatine slightest 1 twelvemonth of testosterone suppression treatment. That argumentation has resulted successful aggregate lawsuits against the NCAA and its subordinate schools for circumstantial incidents involving trans inclusion affecting biologically pistillate athletes.

The Trump medication is presently investigating 2 schools named successful those lawsuits, the University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State University, for enabling trans athletes Lia Thomas and Blaire Fleming to vie successful the women's category. 

The medication has already paused $175 cardinal successful national backing to UPenn arsenic a effect for allowing Thomas to vie connected the women's aquatics squad successful 2021-22. 

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