Charlie Baker said the NCAA does not expect to change its transgender-athlete rules after the Supreme Court upheld state bans on transgender girls competing in women’s sports.
The 6-3 ruling backed West Virginia and Idaho laws requiring athletes to compete based on sex assigned at birth, giving the NCAA no reason to alter what Baker called its national standard.
That standard was adopted in February 2025 after Trump’s "No Men in Women’s Sports" executive order and allows athletes assigned male at birth to practice with women’s teams while receiving team benefits.
Critics say the policy still leaves loopholes because altered birth certificates could affect eligibility, an issue with 44 states allowing birth-sex changes on those documents.