Kim Jones, a former college tennis player and co-founder of the Independent Commission for Women’s Sports (ICONS), sent a message to President Donald Trump for criticizing the NCAA for his transgender athletes The new policy remains loopholes.
The president signed an executive order prohibiting biological males from participating in women's sports. The NCAA followed up the next day, reversing its policy on transgender in the women's movement.
Jones called on Trump to let the NCAA rewrite its policy again.
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President Donald Trump signs an executive order banning transgender female athletes from competing for women or women’s sports event at the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 Sports events. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
"Call the NCAA back on the table and tell them to put the policy in the garbage, light it up and start over," she said on Wednesday's "Fox & Friends."
Jones is one of the critics who insist that the policy is not far enough, nor has it established clear enough barriers to protect female athletes at the university level. The most common criticism is that the policy allegedly allows transgender athletes to bypass restrictions by changing the gender of their birth certificates.
In the United States, 44 states do allow changes in birth certificates to change a person's birth gender. The only states that are not allowed to do so are Florida, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Montana. Meanwhile, 14 states allow changes to birth certificate sexual behavior without any medical documents, including California, New York, Massachusetts and Michigan.
The NCAA issued a statement to Fox News Digital that the governing body would not allow trans athletes to participate in the women category based on the changed birth certificate.
"This policy clearly shows that there is no immunity and athletes who designate males at birth may not compete on a team of women with revised birth certificates or other forms of identity cards," the spokesperson said.
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NCAA Volleyball is a photo of the Division I Men's Volleyball Championship at the Walter Pyramids in Long Beach, California on May 4, 2019. (Photo by John W. McDonough/NCAA via Getty Images)
Jones said the NCAA needs to do two things “absolutely mandatory”.
“First of all, they have to decide that the membership of the women’s team is specifically for female student athletes,” she said. “Secondly, there must be a screening mechanism to ensure that no male athlete can get over that barrier.”
She made it clear that Trump’s order to “no men in the women’s movement” was far from solidified.
"This is not a far-reaching deal," she added. "The policy issued by the NCAA has no responsibility and supervision on the NCAA. It does not have a clear language to limit membership of women's teams, and there is no mechanism to screen for sexual behavior. .”
Regarding trans athletes who practice in women's teams, the NCAA believes that male practitioners are the "staple food" of women's sports.
"For decades, male practice players have been a staple in college sports, especially in women's basketball, and the association will continue to consider this in policy," the spokesperson said.
But, a familiar source told Fox News Numbers that the benefits for cross-athletes across women’s teams do not include scholarships.
NCAA logo on the entrance sign outside the NCAA headquarters February 28, 2023 in Indianapolis. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
These details are not currently outlined on the NCAA official policy page, as it does not have a specific reference to the birth certificate or ID amendment or women's scholarship.
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Whether the NCAA has made an official update to address these criticisms.
Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to the report.
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