Following Joe Biden's executive order enforcing schools to allow transgender women to compete with biological girls in sports, a former NFL player proposed the idea of forming a separate category exclusive for transgender athletes.
A retired football player, Marcellus Wiley, announced his proposal on Twitter last Saturday, calling for a reform in sports, The Blaze reported.
"As a father of 3 daughters & the husband to a former collegiate athlete, this hits home in a special way. It's time to create a separate transgender category in competition! Also think it's time for me to start a podcast bcuz some things need to be discussed in detail!" Wiley wrote in a tweet.
Alongside his statement is a screenshot of an article released by World Magazine in May 2019 entitled, "Built-in advantage: NCAA hurdler shows how the Equality Act would undermine the very thing it claims to champion."
The article tells about the story of CeCe Telfer, a transgender collegiate athlete who transitioned from being 2016's rank 200th and 2017's rank 390th of NCAA's Division II of men's category into becoming a national champion of NCAA Women's Division II in 2019.
Born and raised as Craig Telfer, CeCe won the national title for the 400-meter hurdles at NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships women's category in 2019. He recorded a final time of 57.53s while his second placer registered a time of 59.21s. Competing for Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire, Telfer won the championship on May 25 in Kingsville, Texas.
According to Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, NCAA allows men athletes to compete in women's category if they suppress their testosterone levels for a year. Telfer did not compete in 2018.
Cory Porter, also a retired NFL player, replied to Wiley's tweet saying, "No extra category. Men and women."
To which Wiley responded stating, "I'm hearing that pushback. But, is that respecting all? That's what I want to dive into."
Biden signed the executive order on the very day of his inauguration. Entitled "Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation", the new policy enforces schools receiving federal money to allow transgender women to compete in sports for girls. A school's violation could lead to an administrative action from the Education Department and losing federal funding.
"Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports," the order states.
This directive overturns Trump administration's policy which held that schools are in violation of Title IX by allowing biological boys who identify as girls compete in sports for girls.
Fox Sports says that Wiley, a former NFL All-Pro defensive end, is a co-host of FS1's Speak for Yourself. He played college football at Columbia University and graduated with Bachelor of Science in Sociology. He was named Sports Illustrated National Defensive Player of the Week after earning his first team all-conference honors in 1994. He was also voted as team captain, Sid Luckman MVP, twice for All-Ivy League and an All-American in 1997. Wiley currently lives in Los Angeles and has three children with his wife, Annemarie.
