Sen. Tuberville: The Senate will consider my bill, the Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act

School competition — especially university sport—has become an important part of the fabric of our country. And in increasingly divisive times, athletic competition is one of the few things that brings Americans of all backgrounds together. I think many people can agree that college athletics is a patriotic tradition, to which I am proud to have dedicated my 40-year career before becoming a senator.

Chapter IX in particular, he played a major role in weaving the fabric of this great American tradition. It leveled the playing field by creating opportunities for women to compete and earn the same scholarships as men. He has instilled valuable lessons such as work ethic, healthy habits and teamwork in countless young people over the past 50 years. It has provided millions of women from across the country with educational and professional opportunities that have benefited them throughout their lives.

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Unfortunately, over the past four years, the Biden administration has done everything it can to dismantle Title IX protections for women in favor of a radical gender ideology. President Biden’s Department of Education intended to completely rewrite Title IX, issuing a rule that would force schools to allow men to compete in women’s sports and require them to share private spaces together. All in the name of “gender equality”. In recent days, they have withdrawn this proposed rule, perhaps realizing how out of touch such a position is with the American public. But their intention was crystal clear.

As a result, what I have long called one of the greatest pieces of legislation to ever pass Congress hangs in the balance. If the unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in Washington, DC continued to have their way, Title IX as we know it would cease to exist. The opportunities for women to safely participate in and benefit from school athletics would be greatly diminished—not only a detriment to female student-athletes, but to the entire country.

WITH President Trump with a resounding victory last November, the American people sent a clear message to Washington that they want to protect and preserve the original purpose of Title IX. One of the primary reasons why President Trump won in a landslide is because he ran on the issue of saving women’s sports. Seventy percent of Americans agree: men have no place in women’s sports or locker rooms.

That’s why I’m proud that my bill, the Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act, or S. 9, will be one of the first pieces of legislation Congress will consider this month. This bill will right the wrongs of the Biden administration by preventing women from being exposed to unfair and dangerous competition, as well as protecting women’s privacy in locker rooms.

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With the Law on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports, this will be achieved through two things. First, it ensures that Title IX provisions treat gender as “recognized solely on the basis of a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.” It’s unbelievable to me that it needs to be legislated – but after four years on the crazy train under Joe Biden, it needs to be said clearly. Second, it prohibits recipients of federal funds from operating, sponsoring, or facilitating athletic programs that allow men to participate in a women’s athletic event.

While this legislation is much needed to stop the erosion of women’s athletics, it is also important to me on a personal level. First off, although most people know me as a football coach, my first job out of college was coaching girls basketball. Title IX had just been implemented at the time and I saw first hand the huge impact it had on women’s sports. For the first time, female athletes received the same opportunities, scholarships and funds as male athletes. To this day, I am in contact with the girls I coached thanks to the opportunities provided by Title IX.

Furthermore, this spring I am welcoming my first granddaughter. I want for her what many young women before her have benefited from since Title IX became law in 1972. I want her to have the same opportunities available to her without having to worry about men competing against her, harming her her or violate her privacy. I’m sure there are many parents and grandparents across the country who want the same for their little girls.

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Since coming to the Senate, I have vowed that I will never stop fighting until the rights of American women and girls to fair competition are thoroughly protected. I am glad that the time has finally come when the Senate can fulfill my obligation. I encourage all my colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, to support my bill. By uniting behind the Women and Girls in Sports Protection Act, Title IX will be reinstated, reconnecting a piece of the American fabric that has made our country more united and less divided.

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