A letter written on behalf of 16 members of the University of Pennsylvania's swim team was sent to the university and the Ivy League on Thursday asking that they not pursue legal action to challenge the NCAA's new transgender athlete participation policies
A letter written on behalf of 16 members of the University of Pennsylvania's swim team was sent to the university and the Ivy League on Thursday asking that they not pursue legal action to challenge the NCAA's new transgender athlete participation policies.
The letter was written by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO of Champion Women and an Olympic champion in swimming, on behalf of 16 members of swim team. The NCAA's new policies could potentially block swimmer Lia Thomas from competing in March's NCAA championships. Read MoreThomas, a transgender woman who swims for the Quakers women's swim team, won the women's 100- and 200-yard freestyle at Harvard last month and set record times on the women's team this season.
Transgender pro athlete weighs in on sports inclusion controversy 06:56 The NCAA previously required that transgender women have testosterone suppression treatment for a year before competing on a women's team. Penn Athletics said it will work with the NCAA regarding Thomas' participation in the 2022 swimming and diving championship in March.The Ivy league said it does not"publicly respond to letters submitted to our office.
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