Boxing, volleyball make surprise choices who they think are the best ‘female’ athletes

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A few weeks ago, two Republicans, Florida Representative Greg Steube and Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, introduced legislation aiming to protect Olympic and amateur female athletes from male-displacement. Sport-specific organizations have operated outside accountability for years and have harmed female athletes like me in the process.  

Here is why this legislation is critical: USA Boxing rang in 2024 by codifying a new rule for female boxing; participants need not be female. According to them, "female" is a term merely equating a few surgeries and pills.  

Because of this opened floodgate, you can turn on your TV, perhaps even pay a few extra dollars, and see a biological man punching a woman under lights surrounded by cheering fans. One coach even warns this change could "kill a woman." While it seems barbaric, it is legal and likely a soon-to-be common practice here in the United States if something does not change the trajectory. 

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However, the regulations created by these sport specific organizations such as USA Boxing, USA Volleyball (USAV), and USA Swimming extend beyond entertainment. "The Olympic and Amateur Sports Act" (1978) allowed the U.S. Olympic Committee to recognize such governing rules.  

Macy Petty showing the height of the net in women's volleyball. Net height is more than seven inches less than it is in men's volleyball.

The NCAA also defaults their male-participation-in-women’s-sport guidelines to those determined by the sport specific organizations. Many NCAA athletes and coaches have pushed back against this