Former University of Kentucky NCAA swimmer Kaitlynn Wheeler praised college sports body NAIA for a new policy declaring that trans women cannot compete in its women's events.
In an interview with Fox News Channel, former University of Kentucky NCAA swimmer Kaitlynn Wheeler praised the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for banning trans women from competing against women in sporting events it sponsors. 'It’s huge,' Wheeler told 'Fox & Friends First' on Tuesday morning, noting that 'all eyes are on the NCAA right now.' 'The
Wheeler is one of 16 current and former college athletes – including former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines – suing the NCAA, University System of Georgia, and several Georgia colleges for allegedly committing Title IX violations and violating the rights to bodily privacy by allowing trans women to compete against women.
and its president and CEO Jim Carr, Wheeler said, 'President Carr and the ’s declaration, to which she said that the larger body will have a reckoning. 'As much as the NCAA would like to turn their heads on this issue, because that's what they've done thus far, they're going to be forced to face this, and they will be forced to uphold Title IX, because really, people are fed up with the nonsense,' she said.
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