{"id":9870,"date":"2021-04-15T19:11:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T23:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=9870"},"modified":"2021-04-15T19:11:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T23:11:48","slug":"ncaa-warns-it-will-pull-all-florida-championships-if-transgender-sports-bill-is-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/04\/15\/ncaa-warns-it-will-pull-all-florida-championships-if-transgender-sports-bill-is-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA warns it will pull all Florida championships if transgender sports bill is approved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The NCAA threatened to pull the plug on Florida championship games if lawmakers approve bills to ban transgender girls from playing girls\u2019 sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Republicans in the Florida House have already approved it, but Senate Republicans could be having second thoughts after the NCAA warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s because the Senate has paused its vote right after the NCAA warning.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill singles out transgender girls and makes no mention of transgender boys, but it has both sides fired up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Republicans want to ban girls like her from playing on girls\u2019 teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republican Spencer Roach said what he doesn\u2019t want to see happen is the system get gamed by biological males who compete against women and earn scholarship out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Republican Spencer Roach<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Roach co-sponsored the bill but couldn\u2019t cite any examples of this happening in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we are saying is that you have to play sports that correspond with your biological birth sex,\u201d Roach said. \u201cThat\u2019s not anti-trans, it\u2019s pro-girl.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrat Anna Eskamani said the democratic caucus filed 18 amendments against the bill to try and make it less harsh, but she said unfortunately every amendment failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This includes an amendment to eliminate genital inspections to prove your sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All eyes remain on the Senate to see if they will pass the bill. If so, it would require the governor\u2019s signature to become law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A law that could cost Florida millions if the NCAA pulls championship games out of the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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