NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti — alongside the Attorneys General for more than 20 other states — has signed a letter calling for the National Collegiate Athletic Association "to restore to female athletes all championships, titles, wins, awards, records, and other recognitions that were wrongfully awarded to male athletes competing in NCAA women’s category events."

In February, the U.S. Department of Education wrote to the NCAA also urging restoration following an executive order from President Donald Trump. While the organization announced an update in its transgender student-athlete participation policy that complied with the order, the DOE called on the NCAA still "to rectify the injustices that female athletes across the nation endured during the years that NCAA and NFHS [National Federation of State High School Associations] policies promoted and facilitated men competing on women’s teams."

"[E]very official record of women’s performances must accurately reflect the achievements of female athletes, not of male ones," the DOE's February letter reads, in part. "Female athletes unfairly deprived of records, titles, awards, and recognitions due to men’s participation in women’s categories deserve acknowledgment of harms suffered and receipt of those accolades."

The letter filed by Skrmetti and the Attorneys General for Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Virginia, Nebraska, Texas, Georgia, Arkansas, South Carolina, Iowa, Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky reiterated many of the same points within the DOE's February letter.

"There is no doubt that the women forced to compete against biological males in female events were impacted negatively and unfairly disadvantaged," the letter from the Attorneys General reads, in part. "One of the official 'Priorities' of the NCAA is to 'coordinate and deliver safe, fair, and inclusive competition directly and by Association members.' There is absolutely nothing fair or safe about a male competing against a female in a NCAA women’s category event."

The Attorneys General said they "appreciate" the NCAA's February policy change with respect to transgender sports participation, but said the "policy stops short of full fairness for women athletes."

"We urge the NCAA to develop a plan to restore all appropriate recognitions to the women athletes who were wrongfully denied all that they earned," the letter from the Attorneys General added.

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