Truth In Education has worked alongside parents, female athletes, legislators, and national organizations to defend fairness, safety, and equal opportunity in women’s sports. Together, we have fought to preserve sex-based athletic protections and supported the state laws that now protect women and girls in 27 states.
Those hard-won protections could now be placed at risk by unintended language in a federal college sports bill.
This is an urgent and time-sensitive call to action. Please act immediately.
The Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668) could come before the U.S. Senate for a vote as soon as tonight.
Although the bill primarily addresses issues involving college athletics, including name, image, and likeness agreements, its current language risks preempting the laws of the 27 states that have acted to protect women’s sports.
As presently drafted, the bill may also create an unnecessary risk of undermining the recent victories in B.P.J. and Hecoxand could reopen the issue of sex-segregated athletic teams to further prolonged litigation.
Please contact your U.S. senators immediately and urge them to support a simple but essential amendment: Clarify that the bill’s preemption of state laws is narrow and does not preempt state laws protecting women’s sports.
Suggested Message to Senators
Please amend the Protect College Sports Act, S. 4668, to make clear that its preemption language does not override state laws protecting women’s sports. Twenty-seven states have enacted these important protections. Congress should not unintentionally jeopardize those laws or reopen litigation over the right of states to preserve fair and safe athletic opportunities for women and girls.
Please act before the Senate votes.
Additional Information
Statement from ADF President and CEO Kristen Waggoner
Senators on the Committee: Senate Commerce Committee Members
Below is a map showing the states whose women’s sports laws could be affected.
