NCAA ‘unequivocally supports’ transgender athletes participating in women's sports and will pull championships from states that disagree

The National Collegiate Athletic Association, the country's largest organization regulating college athletics, announced this week that it "firmly and unequivocally supports" the inclusion of transgender athletes in college sports competitions.

The announcement comes as Republican-controlled legislatures in multiple states around the country consider legislation banning transgender individuals who are biologically male from competing in women's sports. Proponents of the legislation argue that to allow such individuals to participate is "unfair" to female athletes.

However, in a statement issued Monday, the NCAA insisted its dedication to including transgender athletes in women's sports is for the purpose of producing "fair competition."