NCAA President Says No Immediate Rule Changes for Transgender Athletes After Supreme Court Decision
NCAA leader Charlie Baker told CBS News the organization does not plan to alter its transgender-athlete policies despite the Supreme Court ruling allowing states to ban participation.
NCAA President Charlie Baker told CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe that the association does not expect to modify its rules on transgender athletes following the Supreme Court decision permitting states to enact bans.
"Our national standard is going to be what we expect our schools to use with respect to eligibility issues for college sports," Baker said, adding that state-level policies for high school and youth sports may differ. Baker noted the NCAA adopted the policy framework issued by the Trump administration, which bars athletes recorded as male at birth or on testosterone therapy from competing on women’s teams, while leaving men’s teams unrestricted. He said the organization’s focus is on maintaining a clear, federally consistent policy to avoid ambiguity. The Supreme Court ruling found that eligibility rules based on biological sex do not violate the Constitution or Title IX, a decision that aligns with the varied approaches taken by states, some of which have enacted bans and others that allow transgender participation. According to Baker, fewer than ten collegiate athletes are openly transgender, a figure he cited in a 2024 congressional testimony.
