Former official William Bock on NCAA's transgender athlete policies: 'What is happening to women is unethical'

Former NCAA official William Bock III talks to OutKick's "Gaines for Girls" podcast about his decision to resign from the organization.

William Bock III wrote a resignation letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker last week, claiming he was stepping down from his position on the Division I Committee on Infractions due to the organization’s current policy on transgender athletes. 

Bock said in the letter that the current policies harm women and deprive them of "competitive opportunities" in their respective sports. 

Bock spoke with OutKick’s Riley Gaines on her "Gaines for Girls" podcast, where he went more in-depth about why he believed he needed to resign.  

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Former UK swimmer Riley Gaines speaks to the crowd during a campaign stop for Daniel Cameron in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK)

"Since the Lia Thomas situation had arisen, tried to take my time on the committee to have a lot of conversations with people to learn more about the NCAA's policies and also to watch closely its leadership, which transferred from Mark Emmert to Charlie Baker about a year or so ago," Bock told Gaines. 

"I was very hopeful when Mr. Baker, the former governor of Massachusetts, had assumed the office because he has a reputation for fairness. And understand, he has a daughter that played high school sports. So, I was hoping there would be a fresh look at this issue, but it became apparent, and is apparent because the rules have only been cosmetically changed, that no change was going to happen."

Bock knows all about competitive fairness, having served as the general counsel for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for almost