Skrmetti Urges NCAA to Return Awards to Female Athletes - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 11, 2025

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, along with attorneys general from 20 other states, signed a letter urging the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to “restore to female athletes all championships, titles, wins, awards, records, and other recognitions that were wrongfully awarded to male athletes competing in NCAA women’s category events.” In February, the U.S. Department of Education also wrote to the NCAA, calling for restoration of standings following an executive order from President Donald Trump. The department urged correction of past results under former NCAA and National Federation of State High School Associations policies that allowed biological males to compete on women’s teams, WKRN reports. While acknowledging the NCAA’s recent policy update on transgender participation, the attorneys general said it “stops short of full fairness."