NCAA Changes Transgender Athlete Policy, Bars Men From Women’s Sports

‘President Trump’s order provides a clear, national standard,’ the NCAA president said in a statement.

The San Jose State University Spartans line up for the playing of the national anthem and player introductions for their NCAA Mountain West women's volleyball game against the Colorado State University Rams in Fort Collins, Colo., on Oct. 3, 2024. Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) changed its transgender athlete policy on Feb. 6, restricting participation in women’s sports to only athletes who were documented as female at birth.

The change follows President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 executive order called “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” The order intends to prevent transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports by defining women according to sex instead of identity.