"The NCAA is proud to continually invest in and expand women’s sports and the NCAA is in full compliance with the Trump administration’s executive order on women’s sports," the organization said in a statement.The Independent Council on Women's Sports (ICONS) responded to the NCAA statement in a social media post later on Tuesday."No promises to women.No assurances.
No accountability.The weakest possible response: empty words on a page," the organization wrote.The response came one day after U.S.
District Judge Tiffany R.Johnson granted summary judgment to the NCAA on the lawsuit’s remaining Title IX claims and directed the clerk to close the case.SUPREME COURT MAKES RULING ON TRANS ATHLETES IN WOMEN'S SPORTSJohnson did not determine whether the NCAA’s former transgender-athlete policies discriminated against female athletes.
Instead, the Biden-appointed judge concluded that the evidence did not establish the NCAA as a recipient of federal financial assistance, a requirement for liability under Title IX.Gaines and more than a dozen other current and former female college athletes sued the NCAA in March 2024.They alleged the organization violated their Title IX rights through policies that allowed biological males to compete in women’s events and enter women’s locker rooms.The case focused heavily on the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, where former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle and shared a locker room with female competitors.
Gaines, then representing Kentucky, tied Thomas for fifth place in the 200-yard freestyle.Gaines and the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, which funded the lawsuit, announced Monday that the plaintiffs intend to appeal the ruling to the 11th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals."This momentary setback will not deter me or other women athletes in the least," Gaines said.
"Rest assured, we will be appealing this decision."The NCAA’s statement did not ...