Georgia University Leaders Urge NCAA to Ban Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports

The resolution states that female athletes could be put at a ‘competitive disadvantage’ when competing with transgender athletes.

Demonstrators listen to the speaking program during a rally for the 50th anniversary of Title IX at Freedom Plaza in Washington, on June 23, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The regents that oversee Georgia’s 26 public universities and colleges on Tuesday voted in favor of a resolution urging the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.

The Board of Regents voted to support a resolution that calls on the NCAA and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) to update their student-athlete transgender participation policies to align with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’s (NAIA) new rules.