Christine Brennan: Less than 10 Out of More Than Half a Million of NCAA Athletes Is Affected By Trump’s Changes of Transgender Policy

HUNT Help us understand ░░░░░░░░ what it was before ░░░░░░░░ how it s changed ░░░░░░░░ how many people this ░░░░░░░░ impacts BRENNAN Yes Kasie ░░░░░░░░ morning You know Charlie ░░░░░░░░ is the president of ░░░░░░░░ NCAA and he was ░░░░░░░░ a congressional committee about ░░░░░░░░ weeks ago and was ░░░░░░░░ that exact question about ░░░░░░░░ many athletes are involved ░░░░░░░░ there are over a ░░░░░░░░ million NCAA athletes Baker ░░░░░░░░ And then asked about ░░░░░░░░ many transgender athletes there ░░░░░░░░ in the NCAA he ░░░░░░░░ less than 10 So ░░░░░░░░ s the number we ░░░░░░░░ talking about less than ░░░░░░░░ out of more than ░░░░░░░░ a million But as ░░░░░░░░ know this has become ░░░░░░░░ issue that is political ░░░░░░░░ is fraught with with ░░░░░░░░ and and has become ░░░░░░░░ part of our culture ░░░░░░░░ was a part of ░░░░░░░░ of the presidential election ░░░░░░░░ set against that backdrop ░░░░░░░░ is this conversation So ░░░░░░░░ reality is now the ░░░░░░░░ has said if you ░░░░░░░░ gone through male puberty ░░░░░░░░ cannot compete in women ░░░░░░░░ sports And you had ░░░░░░░░ the Olympics and it ░░░░░░░░ very interesting Of course ░░░░░░░░ s fitting because the ░░░░░░░░ summer Olympic Games are ░░░░░░░░ Los Angeles in the ░░░░░░░░ of 2028 and this ░░░░░░░░ a question obviously an ░░░░░░░░ that will come up ░░░░░░░░ the International Olympic Committee ░░░░░░░░ t actually make those ░░░░░░░░ It s the international ░░░░░░░░ for every sport And ░░░░░░░░ president will like what ░░░░░░░░ s seeing because over ░░░░░░░░ last couple of years ░░░░░░░░ the federation for swimming ░░░░░░░░ World Aquatics and the ░░░░░░░░ governing track and field ░░░░░░░░ World Athletics both have ░░░░░░░░ the same exact policy ░░░░░░░░ the President Trump has ░░░░░░░░ put into effect with ░░░░░░░░ executive order So already ░░░░░░░░ of the biggest Olympic ░░░░░░░░ are doing exactly what ░░░░░░░░ wants them to do ░░░░░░░░ they did it a ░░░░░░░░ of years ago.”