NCAA President Charlie Baker says the NCAA does not plan to change its transgender athletes policy after a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing states to bar transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. In interviews, Baker tells CBS News that the ruling affects state-level actions, while the NCAA’s existing policy remains in place. He argues that, although states can set their own restrictions, those developments do not automatically require the NCAA to revise its rules.
Baker also points to the NCAA’s current approach, saying the organization adopted and complied with a standard associated with the Trump administration when he took the job. He frames the Supreme Court outcome as relevant to how participation is handled at the state level rather than as a trigger for immediate changes to NCAA policy governing eligibility.
The NCAA position, as described by Baker, indicates continuity in its rules even as states move forward with bans permitted by the Supreme Court.
