Texas has initiated a lawsuit against the NCAA, demanding enforcement of biological sex screening for student athletes. This legal action led by Attorney General Ken Paxton follows recent changes in NCAA policies regarding transgender athletes and comes after an executive order signed by President Trump aimed at banning transgender women from competing in women's sports. Paxton's lawsuit contends that the NCAA lacks adequate mechanisms for verifying biological sex, accusing it of allowing biological men to compete in women's categories. The NCAA, for its part, has stated that athletes assigned male at birth are not permitted to compete on women's teams with altered documents.
The lawsuit claims that the NCAA has no mechanism for screening the biological sex of athletes, suggesting that "the NCAA's lack of sex-screening has allowed (and will continue to allow) biological men to surreptitiously participate in 'women's' sports categories."
Paxton also said that the NCAA has left "ample opportunity for biological men to alter their birth records and participate in women's sports."
The NCAA denies this, stating that any athlete "assigned male at birth may not compete on a women's team with amended birth certificates or other forms of ID."
NCAA President Charlie Baker mentioned that he was aware of only 10 transgender athletes competing across the organization.
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