{"id":142054,"date":"2026-08-07T12:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/congress-must-fix-the-protect-college-sports-act-before-girls-pay-the-price-142054"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:35:41","slug":"congress-must-fix-the-protect-college-sports-act-before-girls-pay-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/congress-must-fix-the-protect-college-sports-act-before-girls-pay-the-price-142054","title":{"rendered":"Congress must fix the Protect College Sports Act before girls pay the price"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When legislators started hearing that men were competing in girls\u2019 sports, they acted. Twenty-seven states passed laws that said, in effect: Not on my watch. Our girls have equal opportunity, and they will not be sidelined in their own sports. But a federal bill now moving through Congress<\/a> could undo what those legislators, and the girls who stood up alongside them, fought to win.<\/p>\n

At Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), we have been in the thick of that fight for the better part of a decade. We stood beside our client, Selina Soule, and her Connecticut teammates as they were forced to race against males and watched 15 girls\u2019 state titles handed to male competitors. Theirs was the first lawsuit of many.<\/p>\n

We celebrated as President Donald Trump<\/a> signed a groundbreaking executive order recognizing the biological truth of male and female and directing the federal government to keep men out of women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

THE “PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT” HAS A FATAL FLAW: IT DOESN\u2019T PROTECT WOMEN | RILEY GAINES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

And most recently, alongside Idaho Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador and West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, we represented three female athletes in Idaho and West Virginia whose cases reached the Supreme Court<\/a>. On June 30<\/a>, we won. The Supreme Court upheld both states\u2019 laws and confirmed what most Americans already know: an athlete\u2019s sex matters, and states can keep girls\u2019 sports for girls.<\/p>\n

But that win came only after years of devastating losses. In West Virginia alone, one boy displaced over 470 girls more than 1,400 times, including by taking a state championship. We know this terrain because we have walked it, legislature by legislature, courtroom by courtroom, for years.<\/p>\n

So when I raise concerns about the Protect College Sports<\/a> Act\u2019s potential effect on state laws protecting women\u2019s sports, I do so as someone who has helped litigate these cases, not as someone watching from the stands.<\/p>\n

I do not doubt that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and his co-sponsors want to protect the integrity of college sports. But good intentions don\u2019t win lawsuits. Precise language does. And the language in this bill, as written, is loose enough for an enterprising judge to make all sorts of mischief. It also gives far too much power to the NCAA, which has betrayed women and girls for years.<\/p>\n

TRUMP URGES CONGRESS TO PASS PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT BEFORE RECESS: ‘WE HAVE TO GET THAT DONE’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Protect College Sports Act<\/a>, a bill about NIL deals and player transfers, sets general nationwide collegiate eligibility rules and then limits the ability of states to address eligibility. Yet many of the state sports laws<\/a> say that sex-based classifications implicate eligibility and declare men ineligible for women\u2019s teams. A hostile administration or an activist judge could twist the bill\u2019s language to argue that every state law that keeps men out of women\u2019s sports is unenforceable. The bill also doesn\u2019t fully safeguard Title IX\u2014which authorizes separate teams, locker rooms and showers<\/a> for girls.<\/p>\n

At ADF, we\u2019ve been warning Congress<\/a> about the unnecessary risk posed by this bill for weeks. We\u2019ve even offered a simple fix that would minimize the risk of undoing women\u2019s sports laws. And time and again, our solution has been ignored.<\/p>\n

It almost seems as if this is just another instance of society prioritizing men over women. The bill\u2019s main purpose is to fix the money and chaos in the men\u2019s games, especially football, where the dollars are. That is what its sponsors care to fix. Whether the fix endangers girls is not the highest priority. Once again, when men\u2019s and women\u2019s interests share a page, the women\u2019s side absorbs the risk.<\/p>\n

None of that is what the bill\u2019s drafters intend. But intent is not what a court enforces, and I have spent a legal career watching lawyers seize on every ambiguous phrase they can find. Twenty years ago, no one thought we would need to define what a woman is.<\/p>\n

REPUBLICAN SENATORS FILE AMENDMENT TO STOP COLLEGE SPORTS BILL FROM OVERRIDING STATE WOMEN’S SPORTS LAWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

There is no room for ambiguity. When the stakes are our daughters\u2019 rights on the field and in the locker room, “probably fine” is not good enough. Having fought these battles, I know how the sequel ends: back in court for another decade, defending ground we already won, while female athletes pay the price.<\/p>\n

The rights of girls should not depend on how some future court chooses to read a sentence Congress left unclear. Nearly eight in 10 Americans agree that men do not belong in women\u2019s sports. That is not a fringe position, and it is no longer a partisan one. Truth does not have a party affiliation, and fairness for female athletes never should.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The fix is simple: tighten the language to unambiguously ensure that state women\u2019s sports laws are not preempted and that Title IX remains untouched. Sponsors can address athlete compensation while ensuring states can keep men out of women\u2019s sports. Those goals are not in tension. Until Congress passes a bill that protects women\u2019s sports in all 50 states, it should make sure that no legislation<\/a> undermines the 27 states with the courage to act\u2014and that the defenders of women\u2019s sports remain free to make the case that the other 23 should follow.<\/p>\n

We just won a landmark ruling for women and girls. Let\u2019s not shoot ourselves in the foot by handing the other side a tool we know they will misuse. Let\u2019s not enact permanent legislation that unravels the Trump administration\u2019s work to defend biological truth in sports or ignites another round of costly litigation pushing for men to compete in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

A bill that claims to protect sports should protect the girls who play them. Clean up the language by making it clear the law doesn\u2019t preempt state laws that keep men out of women\u2019s sports. Don\u2019t force us to bear the risk of losing the ground we\u2019ve gained.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM KRISTEN WAGGONER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/congress-fix-protect-college-sports-act-girls-pay-price <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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