Transgender athletes could take Title IX scholarships
John Pudner
March 27, 2013
With implementation of title IX in full effect in todays sports scene and with society beginning to show tolerance for individuals sexuality, new questions arise with the emergence of transgender athletes. If you are born as a by and by surgery are a woman, are you allowed to take a born female athletic scholarship. According to the NCAA If you are a born male after a year of hormone transition can be eligible for a female athletic scholarship. Where on the other hand if you are a born female you cannot compete any farther in a women's sport as soon as you start any hormone transition. It was originally believed the NCAA would adopt the IOC's policy where it is a much more restrictive and lengthier
process.
After years of struggle for women to finally gain the same right to athletic funding as men do, this is just another twist that will put title IX to its ultimate test which in turn could make for major changes to this delicate piece of legislation. The sport scene has already seen an emergence in transgender athletes with a 6 foot 6 college basketball player pictured above and also in women's MMA. Scientists have been studying the effects of hormones on the human body for years now but there are still many un answered questions. What if the hormones help can the individual to that gender but what if they help too much, what if that athlete in turn has an unfair advantage against those who can't take hormones. These are all questions the NCAA, IOC and many other governing bodies of athletics will need to have full and complete understanding of or title IX may become a thing of the past.
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