Latest Sports News Today on Fox News

A civil rights complaint has been filed to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights on behalf of a teenage girl in Washington state who was allegedly punished for refusing to play a basketball game against a trans athlete. 

The complaint alleged that the Tumwater School District in Washington is currently investigating 15-year-old Frances Staudt for "misgendering" the opponent and violating the district's policies against bullying and harassment on Feb. 7. 

According to the document, prior to the game Staudt asked the school's principal and athletic director whether the player was a biological male. The administrators then allegedly confirmed they were notified the player was transgender, but denied her pleas to have the player removed.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Staudt removed herself from the game. Then, per the document, a TSD employee allegedly confronted Staudt's younger brother for taking a video of the game, saying, "You better think twice about what you’re doing right now."

Fox News Digital has reached out to the TSD for comment. 

Staudt appeared on the YouTube series "[un]Divided with Brandie Kruse" with her mother to discuss the situation this week, where they each repeated many of the same allegations included in the complaint. 

"I've had threats at me. I've had people telling me I'm going to hell. I've had people saying, ‘Good luck having any future after this’ and saying, ‘I know all the people who are reporting your account are happy to see your downfall, and know that it’s going to be a real rough time for you in your future because of your decision to post this,'" Staudt said on the show. 

Just days later, the trans athlete involved in the incident, identified as Andi Rooks, appeared on the same show alongside the athlete's father. 

Rooks would have sat out if Staudt's concerns were known. 

CANADIAN CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM PUNISHED OVER DISPUTED ALLEGATIONS BY TRANS OPPONENT

"I've never had an issue until this game, and my goal was never to make anybody uncomfortable in any way, and I didn't even realize Frances had an issue until I got yelled at at the game," Rooks said. "If she had had a conversation with me before the game, I would have sat out. My last thing I want to do is make anybody uncomfortable."

Rooks added that the athlete will sit out any future games if opponents are uncomfortable facing a trans athlete. 

"If any other person or player I'm playing against is like, ‘I don’t feel comfortable with this,' I don't mind sitting out," Rooks said. 

Rooks also went on to acknowledge that biological males hold a biological advantage over females, and that the athlete doesn't believe trans athletes should compete against women in the Olympics.

Rooks' father, Donnie Brooks, defended his child in the situation, claiming Andi never played boys' basketball and only ever played girls' sports. Donnie Brooks said he voted for President Donald Trump, who recently signed an executive order preventing trans athletes from competing in women's sports.

However, Washington is one of the many Democrat-run states, including California, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Maine, that have pushed back on Trump's order. 

Washington's high school athletes are currently allowed to compete based on their gender identity rather than their biological sex. The WIAA policy states that each athlete will participate in programs "consistent with their gender identity or the gender most consistently expressed," and there are not even any medical or legal requirements. Bills that would prohibit transgender girls from participating in girls and women's sports have been introduced but not passed.

However, the issue became so concerning for residents, that in December the WIAA announced a proposal to create a separate open division for transgender athletes to compete in. 

"In order to maintain fair and equitable competition, participation in girls' sports and girls' divisions of sports is restricted to students who were assigned female at birth. The purpose of this policy is to offer clarity with respect to the participation of trans and gender-diverse student-athletes. Additionally, this policy encourages a culture in which student-athletes can compete in a safe and supportive environment, free of discrimination," the proposal read.

That proposal came weeks after the Central Valley School Board, which oversees schools in Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake, Washington, voted to send a message to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) over the issues after much debate at a school board meeting.

The resolution, titled "Supporting Equity and Safety in Female Sports," claims that the entire board comprised of female members who have either competed in athletics themselves or have daughters who competed in athletics.

One of the women, an unidentified current cross-country runner, shared her experience during that hearing.

"When I ran cross-country for Greenacres Middle School, a boy who was biologically male but identified as female competed on the girls team," she said. "While I respect everyone's right to participate in sports, the situation made me question the fairness of competing of someone who had the physical advantage associated with male biology."

In May, a trans athlete competed in a girls cross-country championship and won. 

Veronica Garcia, who was previously known as Devina Brown and Donovan Brown, won the 400m heat race in the girls division with a time of 55.59 seconds. The second-place runner finished at 58.83 seconds. In the finals, Garcia won with a time of 55.75 seconds, a full second ahead of the second-place runner, who finished with 56.75.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) is the latest state sports organization to capitulate to President Donald Trump's recent executive order preventing trans athletes from competing in girls' sports. 

The WIAA announced Wednesday an update to its policies that stated only athletes "designated as females at birth" would be allowed to compete in girls' sports. 

"Today the WIAA Board of Control voted to update the organization's policy regarding student-athlete eligibility – affirming its compliance with federal directives that only students designated as females at birth will be allowed to participate in girls competitions," WIAA executive director Stephanie Hauser said in a statement. "Working in consultation with legal counsel, our Board updated this policy to ensure clarity is provided to our membership as they work to comply with new federal guidance from the White House."

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Wisconsin's new policy reflects that of the NCAA, as it still allows biological athletes to participate in girls' practices, but not official competitions. 

The state had allowed transgender athlete participation in girls’ sports since 2013. 

Last April, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would have banned high school transgender athletes from competing on girls' sports teams. 

HOW TRANSGENDERISM IN SPORTS SHIFTED THE 2024 ELECTION AND IGNITED A NATIONAL COUNTERCULTURE

Evers said in a press release when he vetoed that bill that he would veto any bill that "harms LGBTQ Wisconsinites’ and kids’ mental health." 

"I will veto any bill that makes Wisconsin a less safe, less inclusive, and less welcoming place for LGBTQ people and kids, and I will continue to keep my promise of using every power available to me to defend them, protect their rights, and keep them safe," Evers said.

"States across this country may give way to radical policies targeting LGBTQ individuals and families and threatening LGBTQ folks’ everyday lives and their ability to be safe, valued, supported, and welcome being who they are. As long as I am the governor of this great state, Wisconsin will not be among them." 

However, now the state has fallen in line with 25 others that already have laws in place to prevent trans athletes in girls' sports, and others that have updated their policies following Trump's executive order. 

Wisconsin voted for Trump in the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections, but has otherwise been known as a blue state in recent history. But now, Wisconsin is the latest state to agree to enforce Trump's policy on protecting girls and women from trans inclusion in sports. Opposition to trans inclusion has become more of a bipartisan issue over the last year. 

A recent New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, do not think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women's sports. Of the 2,128 people polled, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women's sports. 

Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democratic, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.

Still, some blue states have refused to comply with Trump's executive order, and continue to allow trans athletes to compete with girls. California, Minnesota and Maine are among the most prominent states that have openly defied Trump on the issue. 

But those states are at risk of losing federal funding, as per the policy of Trump's order. California and Minnesota are also currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for potential Title IX violations by going against Trump's order as well. 

Trump's appointee for education secretary, Linda McMahon, made her stance clear on trans inclusion in women's and girls' sports during her confirmation hearing.

"I do not believe that biological boys should be able to compete against girls in sports, and I think now that certainly not only have the people spoken, because that was something that Trump ran very heavily on, but I believe the court has spoken," McMahon said. 

"We are really back to what Title IX was originally established to do and that was to protect social discrimination. Women should feel safe in their locker rooms. They should feel safe in their spaces. They shouldn't have to be exposed to men undressing in front of them." 

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Linda McMahon made her stance clear on trans inclusion in women's and girls' sports during her confirmation hearing for education secretary on Thursday.

"I do not believe that biological boys should be able to compete against girls in sports, and I think now that certainly not only have the people spoken, because that was something that Trump ran very heavily on, but I believe the court has spoken," McMahon said. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

A national exit poll conducted by the Concerned Women for America (CWA) legislative action committee found that 70% of moderate voters saw the issue of "Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls and women’s sports and of transgender boys and men using girls and women’s bathrooms," as important to them. And 6% said it was the most important issue of all, while 44% said it was "very important."

Trump vowed during his 2024 campaign to ban trans athletes from women's and girls' sports. Trump made good on that promise early when he signed the No Men in Women's Sports executive order on Feb. 5. 

Prior to that, the Supreme Court ruled in August to deny a Biden administration emergency request to enforce portions of the former president's Title IX rewrites that would allow biological males in women's and girls' changing rooms. 

HOW TRANSGENDERISM IN SPORTS SHIFTED THE 2024 ELECTION AND IGNITED A NATIONAL COUNTERCULTURE

And as McMahon looks to get confirmed as education secretary, she insists on carrying out the original mission of Title IX, and keeping women's sports for biological females. 

"We are really back to what Title IX was originally established to do and that was to protect social discrimination. Women should feel safe in their locker rooms. They should feel safe in their spaces. They shouldn't have to be exposed to men undressing in front of them," McMahon said Thursday. 

"I heard one person the other day say, ‘Well, guys should just hold the shower curtain in front of them so that they aren’t exposing themselves.' I mean really, that's just not what we should be doing. We should be making sure that Title IX, which is the law, should be enforced." 

The Biden administration education secretary, Miguel Angel Cardona, supported allowing trans athletes to compete in women's and girls' sports. 

Cardona helped draft the Title IX changes that would have prohibited blanket bans of transgender athletes on public school teams. 

In a June 2021 interview with ESPN, Cardona said "transgender girls have a right to compete."

"Our LGBTQ students have endured more harassment than most other groups. It's critically important that we stand with them and give them opportunities to engage in what every other child can engage in without harassment," Cardona said. 

"It's their right as a student to participate in these activities. And we know sports does more than just put ribbons on the first-, second- and third-place winner," he said. "We know that it provides opportunities for students to become a part of a team, to learn a lot about themselves, to set goals and reach them and to challenge themselves. Athletics provides that in our K-12 systems and in our colleges, and all students deserve an opportunity to engage in that."

Now, under the Trump administration, there will be multiple layers of efforts to prevent trans athletes from competing in women's and girls' sports, and McMahon's agenda will be one of those layers if she is confirmed. 

A recent New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, do not think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women's sports. Of the 2,128 people polled, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women's sports. 

Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democratic, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's daughter, Hope Walz, went viral this week for a series of TikToks criticizing President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender athletes from women's and girls' sports. 

Walz posted her first video about the issue Saturday, when she called the order "a dangerous precedent." 

"It is dangerous for the trans community, women, minorities, anyone who is not a straight white man," she said in the video. "We are talking about human beings, and the president of the United States is targeting them because he thinks it will gain him political points or whatever." 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

She suggested the issue of trans athletes in women's and girls sports "is not real." 

"I have never felt unsafe around a trans person. I have felt unsafe around men. So, maybe let's deal with that," she said. 

Walz posted a follow-up TikTok addressing the issue Wednesday. In that video, she suggested Trump's Cabinet members have "allegations." She also made claims that more of Trump's 15 Cabinet members have "credible allegations" than there are trans athletes in high school sports. Walz did not clarify which members or which allegations she was referring to. 

"Transphobia and transphobes are so crazy to me because, like, the whole argument is, ‘Oh, we’re protecting women. We need to protect women.’ But then they turn around and vote for a literal felon, who, he himself as well as many of the people closest to him have credible allegations," she said. "Like, the amount of people with credible allegations in the Cabinet is more than trans kids trying to play high school sports." 

HOW TRANSGENDERISM IN SPORTS SHIFTED THE 2024 ELECTION AND IGNITED A NATIONAL COUNTERCULTURE

However, the United Nations released study findings saying that nearly 900 biological females have fallen short of victories because they have been defeated by transgender athletes.

The study, "Violence against women and girls in sports," said more than 600 athletes did not medal in more than 400 competitions in 29 different sports, totaling over 890 medals, according to information obtained up to March 30.

"The replacement of the female sports category with a mixed-sex category has resulted in an increasing number of female athletes losing opportunities, including medals, when competing against males," the report said.

Tim Walz was a vocal advocate for transgender and LGBTQ+ rights as Kamala Harris' running mate in the 2024 election. 

The issue of transgender athletes competing with girls and women proved to be an issue that affected the outcome of an election in which Harris and Walz lost in a landslide. 

Shortly after November's election, a national exit poll conducted by the Concerned Women for America legislative action committee found that 70% of moderate voters saw the issue of "Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls' and women’s sports and of transgender boys and men using girls' and women’s bathrooms" as important to them. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

And 6% said it was the most important issue of all, while 44% said it was "very important."

A recent New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, don't think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women's sports. Of the 2,128 people polled, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women's sports. 

Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.

Walz's home state of Minnesota is one of the states that has refused to comply with Trump's executive order. 

The Minnesota State High School League announced Thursday it will continue to allow transgender athletes to compete against girls despite Trump's executive order to ban them from doing so.

The Minnesota organization said in an email to member schools that participation by, and eligibility of, transgender athletes is controlled by the Minnesota Human Rights Act, which includes protections for LGBTQ+ people, and the Minnesota Constitution.

"The Minnesota State High School League, similar to other youth sports organizations, is subject to state anti-discrimination laws, which prohibit discrimination based on gender identity," the organization said in a statement. "Therefore, students in Minnesota are allowed to participate consistent with their gender identity."

California is another state that has refused to comply with Trump's order.

The decision by California not to comply with Trump's order has prompted backlash and even protests and threats of lawsuits. 

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

The families of two transgender high school athletes in New Hampshire have added President Donald Trump's administration to a lawsuit challenging laws that prevent the athletes from competing in girls' sports. 

The teenage plaintiffs, Parker Tirrell and Iris Turmelle, originally filed the lawsuit last year to challenge a current New Hampshire state law prohibiting trans athletes from participating in girls’ sports. On Wednesday, a federal judge granted a request to add the Trump administration to the list of defendants over the president's recent executive order. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Trump signed the "No Men in Women's Sports" executive order on Feb. 5, which prohibited any federal funding for educational institutions that allow biological males to compete on women's or girls' sports teams. 

New Hampshire was already one of 25 states with a law in place to enforce similar bans on trans inclusion, but Tirrell and Turmelle have been allowed to compete on girls' teams anyway, thanks to the ruling of a federal judge in their state. 

"The systematic targeting of transgender people across American institutions is chilling, but targeting young people in schools, denying them support and essential opportunities during their most vulnerable years, is especially cruel," Chris Erchull, a GLAD attorney, said.

The lawyers claimed Trump’s executive order, along with parts of a Jan. 20 executive order that forbids federal money from being used to "promote gender ideology," subjects the teens and all transgender girls to discrimination in violation of federal equal protection guarantees and their rights under Title IX.

NYC OFFICIAL REMOVES POST SUPPORTING TRUMP'S TRANS ATHLETE ORDER AFTER ‘GUIDANCE’ FROM MAYOR'S CHIEF OF STAFF

The lawyers also claimed the executive orders unlawfully subject the teens’ schools to the threat of losing federal funding for allowing them to play sports.

The situation involving the two trans athletes has also prompted a second lawsuit after parents wore wristbands that read "XX" in reference to the biological female chromosomes, and were allegedly banned from school grounds for wearing them. 

Plaintiffs Kyle Fellers and Anthony Foote sued the Bow School District after being banned from school grounds for wearing the wristbands at their daughters' soccer game in September. 

In the lawsuit filed by Fellers and Foote, they alleged they were told by school officials to remove the armbands or they would have to leave the game. 

Both of the fathers say the intention of the armband was not to protest Tirrell, but to support their own daughters in a game that featured a biological male. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

As some states have refused to comply with President Donald Trump's recent executive order that bans trans athletes in girls' and women's sports, New York is at an impasse over the issue. 

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) provided a statement to Fox News Digital saying it has advised schools to comply with current state law that allows trans athletes to compete with girls, but is gathering public input before making a final decision. 

"While we await further clarification, I strongly advise that NYSPHSAA member schools continue to adhere to current New York state anti-discrimination laws, which allow students to participate on interscholastic teams that best align with their gender identity," NYSPHSAA Executive Director Dr. Robert J. Zayas said.

"I am actively working with state officials to assess the implications of this executive order and determine appropriate next steps. Yesterday, I spoke with Dr. Betty Rosa, commissioner of the New York State Education Department (NYSED), regarding this matter. She has requested that I collect any questions or concerns from the field, which she will then discuss with the Attorney General’s Office to provide us with guidance and direction."

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

However, as Zayas advised New York schools to continue enabling trans inclusion, an official in New York City spoke out about her support for Trump's executive order. 

Director of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' Office of Sports, Wellness and Recreation Jasmine Ray stated her position in favor of following Trump's order on her Instagram Stories over the weekend, via Gothamist. 

"To those asking about my position, as Director of NYC Sports & Rec, I stand with the recent executive order reinforcing the importance of fairness in women’s sports," she wrote. 

However, the outlet reported Ray later took down her story and says she deleted it at the "guidance" of the mayor's chief of staff, Camille Joseph Varlack.

"I take full responsibility for the error in judgment," Ray told Gothamist. "I am committed to maintaining the separation between my personal beliefs and my professional responsibilities."

Fox News Digital has reached out to Adams' office for comment. 

Since Trump's order went into effect last Wednesday, multiple states and high school athletic associations have made it clear that they won't enforce it, and will continue protecting trans athletes in girls' sports. 

HOW TRANSGENDERISM IN SPORTS SHIFTED THE 2024 ELECTION AND IGNITED A NATIONAL COUNTERCULTURE

California is the most prominent. 

The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) said it will continue to follow the state's law that allows athletes to participate as whichever gender they identify as, a spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 

"The CIF provides students with the opportunity to belong, connect, and compete in education-based experiences in compliance with California law [Education Code section 221.5. (f)] which permits students to participate in school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, consistent with the student’s gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the student’s records," a CIF statement said. 

The decision has prompted backlash and even protests and threats of lawsuits by California residents. 

Minnesota and Massachusetts are among the other states that have indicated they will continue protecting trans athletes in girls' sports. 

A recent New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, do not think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women's sports. Of the 2,128 people polled, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women's sports. 

Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.

Democratic opposition to GOP efforts to restrict trans inclusion has alienated some longtime Democrat voters. In January, when the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, all but two Democratic House members voted against it. 

Prominent Democrats, including House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Vt., Rep. Suzanne Bonamic, D-Ore., Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., and Rep. Whip Clark, D-Mass., argued that the bill would "empower" child predators to give genital examinations to young girls. There was no language in the bill that suggested genital examinations would be necessary. 

The argument alienated some of the party’s loyal voters, who have unregistered as Democrats in response. 

"That just made me very upset because it screamed out lack of integrity, lack of honesty," prominent law professor and lifelong Democrat Gary Francione told Fox News Digital "This is the way you fight battles? By trying to insult other people who oppose you and disagree with and insinuate that they’re child molesters or pedophiles? It seems to me you’ve lost the game… I don’t know how they’re ever going to come back from this." 

Francione has a lifelong network of other Democrats in the field of law and other industries, and says many of them share his beliefs and will also be unregistering from the party. 

"I can say confidently of the people I know who are Democrats who I’ve spoken to, the vast majority of them are very unhappy about all of this stuff and feel that the party has lost its way," Francione said. "I know a couple who said they are going to [unregister]." 

Other Democratic lawmakers have also spoken out against the party's platform of enabling trans athletes to compete against girls and women. They include Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, Reps. Colin Allred, Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, of Texas, Rep. Mary Peltola, of Alaska, and Rep. Tom Suozzi, of New York.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

As America’s sports world remains locked in an ongoing culture war over the presence of trans athletes in women’s sports, this year’s Super Bowl ad slate became a battleground. 

Two commercials in particular drew the ire of many who advocate for protecting female athletes from trans inclusion. 

One ad that drew the outrage was directly from the NFL and boasted one of the longest run times of the entire night. The league’s "Leave The Past Behind" spot, which intended to promote the spread of girls’ flag football to more high schools across the country, offended some with its portrayal of a female flag football player outperforming male players. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Many critics took issue with the commercial for promoting imagery of females competing evenly and more superior to males. The notion that female athletes are not at a physical disadvantage compared to their male counterparts is often used in arguments promoting trans inclusion in women's sports. 

The women’s advocacy group "Women Are Real" slammed the ad for promoting that notion in a reply on X. 

"I hate this ad with all my heart. We know we can’t compete against a team of men. It’s a lie. And it’s a slap in the face of every phenomenal female athlete. Women’s sports is about female excellence. Leave the men out of this," the advocacy group’s X account wrote in response, and later posted more replies.

"Support your daughter’s development as a female athlete. Don’t compare her to boys this will only discourage her. This ad is a lie that serves as a slap in the face of all hardworking female athletes. Women’s sports is about female excellence. Leave men out of it."

Marshi Smith, the co-founder of the legal advocacy group the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, called out the NFL for its ad in her own post on X. 

"Why is the world obsessed with showing women playing sports against men?" Smith wrote. "Give us our own [God d---] sports and stop comparing us." 

Casey Caston, founder of the marriage-counseling website Marriage 365, criticized the ad for showing "unrealistic" imagery. 

"I love women's sports, but this is completely unrealistic and disrespects gender differences that exist," Caston wrote on X, later adding, "Women weren't created to do everything a man CAN do. Women were created to do everything a man CAN'T do." 

Still, the commercial was praised by other social media users for its message of trying to spread girls’ flag football to other schools, overlooking its imagery. 

The other commercial that outraged advocates opposed to trans inclusion came from Nike, but for a deeper-seated reason. 

The sportswear juggernaut debuted its first Super Bowl commercial in 27 years, featuring a star-studded lineup of women athletes including Caitlin Clark, Sha'Carri Richardson, Jordan Chiles and JuJu Watkins. 

However, many critics were quick to call out Nike for its official company stance in supporting trans athletes competing in women's sports. 

Former NCAA swimmer and current conservative activist Riley Gaines slammed Nike's ad, while in the same breath promoted the startup sportswear ad XX-XY Athletics, which specializes in activist apparel with messaging protecting female athletes from trans inclusion. 

XX-XY ATHLETICS LOOKS TO REDEFINE MAINSTREAM IN 2025, EYEING WOMEN'S SPORTS STARS AND HIT VIRAL ADS

"Ditch Nike Support XX-XY Athletics," Gaines wrote in a re-share of the commercial on X. Gaines is the first brand ambassador for XX-XY Athletics. 

The startup company's founder, former U.S. gymnast and Levi's executive Jennifer Sey, also called out Nike for the ad while promoting her own brand in a series of posts on X. 

"You’re so full of it. The only thing female athletes are told they can’t do is stand up for the integrity of their sports, for keeping men out of women’s sports. Literally, that’s the only thing," Sey wrote in response to the commercial on X. 

Famed sports broadcaster and journalist Michelle Tafoya also called out Nike while promoting Sey's brand in a series of posts on X. 

"Nike is too late to this party. And they’re stuck in stereotypical language from about 25 years ago," Tafoya wrote, later adding, "What a waste of ad dollars." 

Data suggests the vast majority of Americans, including most Democrats, are opposed to allowing trans athletes to compete in women's and girls' sports. 

A recent New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, do not think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women's sports. Of the 2,128 people polled, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women's sports. 

Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.

Nearly 70% of Americans say biological men should not be permitted to compete in women's sports, according to a Gallup poll last year.

In June, a survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago asked respondents whether transgender athletes of both sexes should be permitted to participate in sports leagues that correspond to their preferred gender identity instead of their biological sex. In that survey, 65% answered that it should never or rarely be allowed. When those polled were asked specifically about adult transgender female athletes competing in women’s sports, 69% opposed it.

President Donald Trump recently took executive action to address the issue, signing the "No Men in Women's Sports" executive order" on Feb. 5. 

However, some states have indicated they will refuse to follow the order and continue allowing biological males to participate and share locker rooms with female athletes, including California and Minnesota. 

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Most Democrats have opted to remain silent in response to President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender athletes from women's and girls sports. 

But one Democrat spoke out against it and was heavily criticized. 

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, spoke out against Trump's executive order in an X post Wednesday. 

"On National Girls & Women in Sports Day, Trump is:  - banning trans kids from playing sports - trying to cut Title IX women’s and girls’ athletics grants -removing references to women, female and equality on government websites," Crockett wrote. "LET ME BE CLEAR This. Doesn't. Protect. Women."

SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREE

Crockett's criticism of Trump drew fierce backlash from other X users. 

"Nothing in your post is true. Transgender kids are not banned from playing sports - they just have to play on teams and in leagues where their sex matches the other athletes. Or they can form their own leagues. This was done to keep men from dominating women's sports by pretending to be women. AKA 'protecting women's sports.'" one user wrote. 

"There were no Title IX grants cut. Any references to ‘women, female & equality’ removed from any .gov website were removed in the context of transgender/gender ideology."

HOW TO WATCH SUPER BOWL LIX BETWEEN CHIEFS, EAGLES STREAMED ON TUBI

One user suggested Crockett's stance was misogynistic. 

"Why do you care more about the feelings of some biological males over the rights and safety of women? There's a name for it when men are prioritized over women and given more rights. I was taught that's misogyny," the user wrote.

Another user pointed out that data suggests most Americans, including Democrats, oppose transgender inclusion in women's sports, and that factored into the 2024 election results. 

"This absolutely protects women, and this is what the majority of the country voted for," the user wrote. 

HOW TRANSGENDERISM IN SPORTS SHIFTED THE 2024 ELECTION AND IGNITED A NATIONAL COUNTERCULTURE

A recent New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, don't think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women's sports. Of the 2,128 people polled, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women's sports. 

Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Shortly after November's election, a national exit poll conducted by the Concerned Women for America legislative action committee found that 70% of moderate voters saw the issue of "Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls' and women’s sports and of transgender boys and men using girls' and women’s bathrooms" as important to them. 

And 6% said it was the most important issue of all, while 44% said it was "very important."

Crockett previously called her state and Florida "deplorable" during a December hearing on transgender athletes over conservative legislation by lawmakers in those states. Her comments came during a House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services hearing to discuss proposed changes to Title IX by the Biden administration that would redefine sexual discrimination to include gender identity.

"When lawmakers like this are so far out of touch with what women need, we see states pushing back," Crockett said of her Republican colleague, U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin, who spoke before her. "At least states that will allow you to push back. I'm from the state of Texas, and, of course, they don't want you to ever have an opportunity to raise your voice in the state of Texas.

"In fact, Ms. Perry, I know your organization, the Heritage Foundation, loves Texas. Oh, they love Texas," she added. "They always sending us some nonsense bills that somehow set this country on the wrong trajectory. They send them to Texas. They send them to Florida. Every deplorable state that we can think about, they usually coming out of yall's think tank." 

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

The NCAA has officially changed its gender eligibility policies to ban all biological males from women's sports one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to address the issue.

The governing body of college sports announced on Thursday afternoon its new participation policy for transgender student-athletes. 

"A student-athlete assigned male at birth may not compete on a women’s team," the new policy reads. 

The new policy still allows biological females to compete on men's teams.

SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREE

The previous policy, which had been in place in 2010, allowed biological males to compete in the women's category after undergoing at least one year of testosterone suppression treatment. 

Trump signed the "No Men in Women’s Sports" executive order in the East Room of the White House in front of female athletes on National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Wednesday. 

NCAA President Charlie Baker responded to the executive order in a statement later on Wednesday, saying it provided a "clear, national standard," and that the NCAA Board of Governors would review it and take steps to align the organization’s policy in the coming days.

HOW TO WATCH SUPER BOWL LIX BETWEEN CHIEFS, EAGLES STREAMED ON TUBI

"The NCAA is an organization made up of 1,100 colleges and universities in all 50 states that collectively enroll more than 530,000 student-athletes," the statement said. "We strongly believe that clear, consistent and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today's student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions. To that end, President Trump's order provides a clear, national standard.

"The NCAA Board of Governors is reviewing the executive order and will take necessary steps to align NCAA policy in the coming days, subject to further guidance from the administration. The Association will continue to help foster welcoming environments on campuses for all student-athletes. We stand ready to assist schools as they look for ways to support any student-athletes affected by changes in the policy."

Baker addressed concerns over the issue of female athletes having to share teams and locker rooms with trans athletes during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in December. 

There, Baker insisted that female athletes have the option to find other accommodations if they're uncomfortable sharing with transgenders and that the NCAA's policies that allow trans athletes to compete against women are based on federal standards. 

HOW TRANSGENDERISM IN SPORTS SHIFTED THE 2024 ELECTION AND IGNITED A NATIONAL COUNTERCULTURE

The previous policy has resulted in multiple lawsuits against the NCAA and its member schools. Former NCAA swimmer and current conservative activist Riley Gaines is leading a lawsuit over her experience of having to compete with and share a locker room with trans swimmer Lia Thomas at the 2022 national championships. She is joined by several other women athletes who have also been affected by trans inclusion. 

Another lawsuit was filed Tuesday evening, when three of Thomas' former UPenn teammates came forward with their own experiences of having to share a team and locker room with Thomas and were allegedly gaslit by their university administrators and fed pro-trans ideology. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Trump's Department of Education (DOE) also launched an investigation into potential Title IX violations that occurred at UPenn over the Thomas situation, San Jose State University and at the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) for separate incidents.

At San Jose State, transgender volleyball player Blaire Fleming played three seasons on the women's team from 2022-24, as one of the Mountain West's top hitters, leading the team in kills. However, unlike UPenn's handling of Thomas, SJSU administrators allegedly withheld the truth about Fleming's birth sex from the other female players on the team, according to a lawsuit filed by 11 Mountain West volleyball players and a former SJSU assistant coach. 

Additionally, DOE's Office for Civil Rights will be actively reviewing athletic participation policies at a number of schools to evaluate their alignment with Title IX protections for female athletes, sources told Fox News Digital. 

Last week, the DOE notified K-12 schools and higher education institutions of a return to enforcing Title IX protections on the basis of biological sex. 

A recent New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, don't think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women's sports. Of the 2,128 people polled, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women's sports. 

Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Former NFL star running back Shaun Alexander has taken a position on the debate over trans inclusion in girls and women's sports. 

The three-time Pro Bowler expressed his support for President Donald Trump's executive order banning trans inclusion against females, during an interview on "The Ricky Cobb Show" on Wednesday. Alexander cited his experience as a father of nine daughters for his stance on the issue. 

SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREE

"I think it's a good thing," Alexander said of Trump's executive order. "My daughters train so hard… for them to train so hard to get to where they are and then to see people who have genetics, they have younger brothers who can compete with them already and they're 14, so you know, if you're the same age competing with a boy, that's just hard, just body structure alone is just hard. So I'm really happy for all the girls.

HOW TO WATCH SUPER BOWL LIX BETWEEN CHIEFS, EAGLES STREAMED ON TUBI

"For anything to give an advantage besides hard work is something that would just be crushing for any young lady." 

Alexander's stance aligns with the vast majority of Americans on the issue, according to data. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

A recent New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, don't think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women's sports. Of the 2,128 people polled, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women's sports. 

Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.