Former college tennis star calls on Trump to work with NCAA on better trans-athlete policy: 'Light it on fire'

Co-founder of the Independent Council on Women's Sports Kim Jones discusses the updated NCAA transgender athlete policy and potential issues on 'Fox & Friends'. 

Kim Jones, a former All-American collegiate tennis player and co-founder of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS), had a message for President Donald Trump amid criticism that the NCAA’s new policy on transgender athletes still has loopholes.

The president signed an executive order prohibiting biological males from competing in women’s sports. The NCAA followed up the next day, reversing its policy on trans inclusion in women’s sports.

Jones called on Trump to get the NCAA to rewrite its policy again.

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President Donald Trump signs an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

"Call the NCAA back to the table and tell them to put the policy in the garbage can, light it on fire and start over," she said on "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday.

Jones was among the critics who have insisted this policy does not go far enough or establish clear enough barriers to protect women's athletes in the college ranks. The most common criticism has been that the policy allegedly allows trans athletes to bypass the restriction by changing the gender on their birth certificate. 

In the U.S., 44 states do allow birth certificates to be altered to change a person's birth sex. The only states that do not allow this are Florida, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Montana. Meanwhile, there are 14 states that allow sex on a birth certificate to be changed