Riley Gaines hand-delivers letter demanding NCAA meet with athletes 'adversely affected' by trans policies

Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines hand-delivered a letter to officials on Thursday demanding a meeting over the NCAA's transgender policies.

Riley Gaines, a former 12-time NCAA All-American swimmer from the University of Kentucky, hand-delivered a petition and demand letter to the NCAA outside the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association Convention in Phoenix on Thursday, urging the organization to meet with female athletes "adversely affected" by the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports. 

Gaines, joined by Olympians, coaches and other NCAA athletes, met with NCAA officials to hand-deliver the letter as well as a petition, which Gaines said received over 70,000 signatures.

Riley Gaines gives a speech at Penn State on Oct. 10, 2023. (Riley Gaines)

"We have an entire coalition of groups and organizations here dedicated to protecting women and upholding and fighting for rights and our opportunities and for equal opportunities," said Gaines, an OutKick contributor and host of OutKick’s "Gaines for Girls" podcast. 

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"We feel as if our voices are not being heard. That is the objective, that is why we are here — that is why we are chanting. We want to be let into the conversation. So at any opportunity, at any chance to meet, we are happy and more than willing to work with you all on looking at what this looks like, how to uphold fairness and protect our rights to privacy and our rights to safety and our sports." 

Gaines also made mention of NCAA President Charlie Baker, who replaced Mark Emmert in March, and her hopes to have conversations with him regarding the NCAA policies on transgender athletes' participation. 

"I know President Baker testified