NCAA Chief Signals National Standard Remains After Trans Athlete Ruling

After the Supreme Court upheld state bans on transgender girls in women’s sports, NCAA president Charlie Baker said the NCAA’s national standard for transgender-athlete participation should stay in place and guide school eligibility. The updated policy, adopted after the Trump-era order, allows student-athletes assigned male at birth to participate on women’s teams under defined terms, a point of ongoing debate as critics argue the rules aren’t clear enough and birth-certificate changes vary across states.