Governors ask NCAA to reconsider transgender athlete policy

Oklahoma’s governor presses NCAA to change transgender student athlete participation policy

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s governor is pressing the nation’s top collegiate sports governing body to overhaul its transgender student athlete policies to “guarantee a fair environment” for female athletes.

Lombardo calls for NCAA transgender athletes policy change

The letter, signed by eight other Republican governors, argues that the NCAA is “avoiding responsibility for ensuring fairness” in college sports.

Governors risk NCAA ramifications with opposition to transgender policy, scholar says

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story can be found on South Dakota Searchlight's website. South Dakota Searchlight provides free news and commentary on critical issues facing the state. PIERRE Governors criticizing an NCAA policy on transgender student athletes may put their universities at risk of “penalties or ramifications” if those institutions disobey the policy, according to a sports law scholar. Joshua Lens is an assistant professor of recreatio…

Republican governors urge NCAA to ban biological males from female sports

Nine Republican governors have called on the NCAA to toughen its "misguided" transgender policy by barring male-born athletes from women's scholastic sports in the interest of competitive fairness.

Nine Republican Governors Petition NCAA to Bar Men from Competing in Women’s Sports

Nine Republican governors signed a letter to the NCAA asking it to revise “misguided policies” and prevent males from competing in women’s sports.

Sanders, GOP governors send letter opposing NCAA transgender policy

WASHINGTON -- Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and other Republican governors have sent a letter to an NCAA committee concerning the governing body's policy on transgender athletes.