Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Lawsuit Against NCAA Over Trans Athletes Denied

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request for an injunction against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was denied by a district judge in Lubbock. Paxton's request sought to either compel DNA testing for athletes or bar the NCAA from using the name "women" in women's sports.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request for an injunction against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was denied by a district judge in Lubbock. Paxton's request sought to either compel DNA testing for athletes or bar the NCAA from using the name "women" in women's sports.

It was stated in Paxton's case, which was submitted in December in Lubbock County, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association engages in "false, deceptive, and misleading practices" by permitting transgender athletes to play in women's sports. The purpose of the lawsuit was to either bar transgender women from competing in NCAA women's events that involve Texas teams or to require the NCAA to reclassify such competitions as mixed-sex events.

Former NCAA athletes testified at the hearing, expressing their concerns about the possibility of participating in competitions with transgender athletes and sharing locker rooms with them. While this was going on, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) defended its present eligibility criterion, which is based on birth certificates, by claiming that it is too permissive.

The President of the NCAA, Charlie Baker, stated in December before a Senate committee that there are fewer than ten out of every 510,000 athletes in the NCAA who are known to be transgender. In spite of the fact that the complaint was dismissed, the case brings to light current legal and political debates over the involvement of transgender athletes in educational athletics.

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