Idaho House Committee approves resolution asking NCAA to stop allowing men to compete against women

By CatholicVote | Created at 2025-01-15 20:51:16 | Updated at 2025-01-16 00:22:51 3 hours ago
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CV NEWS FEED // A committee of Idaho’s House of Representatives approved a resolution Jan. 9 asking the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the regional college sports conference, Mountain West Conference, to stop allowing men to compete against women.

The resolution also expresses support for the women’s volleyball team of Boise State University, which forfeited two games against San José State University, according to Big Country News. The team also withdrew from the Mountain West Conference tournament after they were scheduled to compete against San José, despite the fact that they had already won one game and the withdrawal ended their season.

According to Big Country News, Boise State never commented on the reason for the forfeitures; however, as CatholicVote previously reported, biological male Blaire (Brayden) Fleming plays for San José.

Rep. Barbara Ehardt (R-Idaho Falls) sponsored the resolution. 

“To me, they [Boise State] demonstrated true integrity at that time by sticking with their principles and saying, ‘you know what, it’s not right, it’s not right that we should have to play against a biological male,’” she said.

Ehardt is a former collegiate athlete and a women’s basketball coach.

Women’s sports rights activist Riley Gaines co-presented the resolution with Ehardt, sharing her experience competing against male swimmer Lia Thomas.

Boise Democrat Reps. Brooke Green and Todd Achilles were the only committee members who opposed the resolution.

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