Burgess Owens weighs in on Biden admin proposed Title IX changes: ‘It’s not feelings, it’s fairness’

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The debate over transgender participation in sports has taken on a more urgent meaning following the Biden administration's April proposal to expand Title IX regulations. 

The new rules would expand the meaning of sex discrimination to include gender identity, which would prevent schools and colleges from banning transgender athletes.

President Biden speaks at the University of Tampa Feb. 9, 2023. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Under the proposed regulations, schools would not be allowed to "adopt or apply a one-size-fits-all policy that categorically bans transgender students from participating on teams consistent with their gender identity."

The proposal has garnered immense backlash from conservatives who see the changes as a step toward the destruction of women’s sports. 

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Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, recently spoke with Fox News Digital regarding the proposed changes to Title IX, and the former professional athlete strongly spoke out in defense of women’s sports. 

Former NFL player Burgess Owens testifies during a hearing on slavery reparations held by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties June 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

"What we're talking right now is something that, in the history of the world, we’ve all understood would not be fair," Owens told Fox News Digital. "That’s what it comes down to. It’s fairness. 

"It’s not feelings, it’s fairness. At the end of the