Things got heated between Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and the NCAA President Charlie Baker during a hearing Tuesday, in which the Missouri senator pressed Baker on his “indefensible” policy on allowing biological men into female sports.
The exchange happened when the senator grilled Baker on his comments to Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) when he said he was allowing transgender athletes to compete due to federal law. Hawley contended “there’s no federal law” on this matter, and pointed to Title IX as the law NCAA should be adhering to.
Upon pressing Baker to confirm there is no federal case requiring the NCAA to include biological men in female sports, Baker responded, “That’s pretty much” what had been decided, to which Hawley stopped him and told him, “Don’t say pretty much.”
“We’re talking about the law here, and you actively dissembled to Senator Kennedy just a second ago,” Hawley said. “It’s not true that the NCAA has been ordered by any court, number one. It’s not true that federal law requires you to include biological males. In fact, Title IX explicitly says, ‘No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be denied the benefits of any educational program or activity receiving federal assistance.’”
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Josh Hawley grills NCAA president over ‘indefensible’ policy on female sports
