NCAA is teaching girls and women they don't deserve to compete on a level playing field
Fox News
For much of my career, athletics taught me that everyone deserves the chance for fair competition. But athletics aren’t teaching women and girls that anymore.
February, 2020: Linnea Saltz at the 2020 Indoor Big Sky Conference Championship in the 800M race at Idaho State University. (Courtesy Linnea Saltz) May 2019: At the 2019 NCAA West Regionals Linnea Saltz is seen running in the 800M race at Sacramento State. (Courtesy Linnea Saltz) The NCAA West Regionals, where Linnea Saltz competed in the 800M race at Sacramento State. (Courtesy Linnea Saltz) Linnea Saltz competing in May, 2019 Outdoor Big Sky Conference Championship in the 800M race at the University of Montana. (Courtesy Linnea Saltz) Linnea Thomas is seen running in the 2019 Peyton Jordan Invitational, in the 800M race at, Stanford University. (Courtesy Linnea Saltz)
Instead, the NCAA has threatened to pull championship competitions from states that reserve women’s sports for females. While NCAA officials have made it clear that they want athletes to participate in events based on their gender identity—not their biological sex—they’re also leaving final decisions and enforcement up to the administrators of individual sports. This allows them to assert their will without taking responsibility for the damage they’re ensuring to women’s sports.
Meanwhile, more and more female athletes find themselves competing—not to mention showering and sharing a locker room—with male athletes.Males have inherent physical advantages over females. They have greater muscle mass and bigger lungs. They are, in general, faster, stronger, bigger, and physically tougher than females. For all of these reasons, and many more, it is simply not fair to compel women to compete against male athletes.