Texas AG Ken Paxton sues NCAA over transgender athletes' participation in women's college sports [View all]
Source: Nebraska Examiner
By: Berenice Garcia - December 26, 2024 9:20 am
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Sunday he sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association, accusing the organization of misleading college sports fans by allowing transgender women to participate in events marketed as women’s competitions.
Paxton said the NCAA violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by deceiving fans who want to support sporting events that only include athletes whose female sex was assigned at birth.
Paxton also accused the NCAA of misleading consumers by not identifying which athletes are transgender, and of “jeopardizing the safety and wellbeing of women” by allowing transgender athletes to participate in its sporting events.
“Radical ‘gender theory’ has no place in college sports,” Paxton said in a news release Sunday.
Read more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/texas-ag-ken-paxton-sues-ncaa-over-transgender-athletes-participation-in-womens-college-sports/
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