The quarter of the Brett Favre renowned temple President Donald Trump congratulated Thursday after having signed a decree this week effectively prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in the sports of girls and women.
Trump signed the “Keep men out of female sports” Order Wednesday, which will oblige entities which receive federal funding to align with title IX, that the Trump administration changed last week to recognize the protections on the basis of biological sex – canceling the rewriting of the former president Joe Biden in 2024.
President Donald Trump speaks as he signs documents in the White House Oval Office in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Reuters / Elizabeth Frantz / File photo)
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“I appreciate the president @realdonaldtrump to sign an initiative to prevent biological boys from competing with women,” said Favre in an article on X of the decree. “It is sad that it must have happened today, but happy that it was done.”
Favre also thanked Gaines, who hosts Outkick’s “Gaines for Girls” Podcast, to “be part of this initiative to help advance this”.
The former quarter of the Green Bay Packers, Brett Favre, goes on stage during a campaign rally for the presidential candidate at the time, Donald Trump, Wednesday October 30, 2024, at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. (Tork Mason / USA Today Network-Wisconsin)
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Surrounded by female athletes, Trump said during the signature ceremony that “the war on female sports is over”.
In response to the decree, The president of the NCAA, Charlie Baker, said the Council of Governors would examine it and take action to align the organization’s policy in the coming days.
“The NCAA is an organization made up of 1,100 colleges and universities in the 50 states which collectively register more than 530,000 students-athletes,” the statement said.
“We firmly believe that clear, coherent and uniform eligibility standards would best serve student-athletes today instead of a patchwork of conflictual laws and decisions. To this end, the order of the order President Trump provides a clear national standard. ”
The president of the NCAA, Charlie Baker, gives a television interview during the match between the Bruins of the UCLA and the Gamecocks of Caroline du Sud during the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tour at the right rescue Wellness Arena on March 25, 2023 in Greenville, in South Carolina. (Maddie Meyer / Getty Images)
Trump also turned his attention to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Before the 2028 games in Los Angeles.
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Pressure is involved in the middle of an imminent leadership change in the IOC. The current president Thomas Bach should retire and the best candidate to replace him, Sebastian Coe, spoke publicly about his position to protect female sports.
Ryan Gaydos of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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