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Name, Image and Likeness rule changed last July, the floodgates opened for both brands and talent, making a handful of athletes such as University of Miami women’s basketball players the Cavinder twins millionaires within months. There have been noteworthy deals with nutritional supplements, protein bars, financial companies, apps and gyms — not to mention the many collaborations with local restaurants, dentists and car dealerships.

Lia Thomas to compete in 2022.Thomas originally competed for the men’s swim team but competed on the women’s team following her transition.She complied with what NCAA regulations regarding transgender athlete eligibility were at the time, undergoing hormone therapy for a year before competing.In 2022, Thomas began breaking school and meet records, becoming the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship medal in the Division I women’s 500-yard freestyle event.She also placed fifth in the 200-yard freestyle — tying with Riley Gaines, who has since marshaled her anger over Thomas’ participation into becoming an anti-transgender activist — and eighth in the 100-yard freestyle at the championships.Since taking office, President Trump has promised to direct the Department of Education to investigate schools that allow (or have allowed) transgender athletes to compete on sports teams aligning with their gender identity.Trump made that promise to investigate specific colleges with known cases of transgender athletes while signing an executive order barring transgender females from competing in girls’ and women’s sports.That order threatens to strip funds away from those schools, allowing transgender athletes to participate on female-designated sports teams.The federal money — which came from the Defense Department and the Department of Health and Human Services — was suspended in a separate review of discretionary federal money going to universities, according to a White House official, reports The Associated Press.A senior White House official confirmed to NBC News that the agencies paused the funds specifically because of Thomas’ 2022 participation.

letter demanding that the NCAA ban transgender female athletes from competing in women’s sports.The letter’s signatories are Governors Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas, Tate Reeves of Mississippi, Mike Parson of Missouri, Greg Gianforte of Montana, Joe Lombardo of Nevada, Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Mark Gordon of Wyoming.All except Lombardo — who is saddled with a Democratic-led state legislature — represent states that have passed laws banning transgender participation on female-designated sports teams.The governors decry the NCAA’s current policy on transgender athletes, which allows the individual national governing body of each sport to determine criteria for eligibility.Some of those sporting bodies, including track and field and swimming, have barred transgender competitors from female events.Both bodies have also suggested holding a third “open” category in which transgender swimmers could compete at the elite or post-collegiate levels.“The NCAA has the chance to guarantee an environment where female college athletes can thrive without the concern of inequities,” the letter reads. “We trust that you also want to guarantee just such an environment.

signed a similar law into effect last month.The ban on transgender athletes builds upon an existing ban for athletes in grades K-12 that requires school-aged children to compete in sports based on their assigned sex at birth.The collegiate bill, dubbed the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” imposes similar restrictions, requiring athletes to compete based on their “biological sex,” defined as the gender listed on the college student’s original birth certificate. It also allows cisgender athletes who believe they’ve been disadvantaged by competing against transgender individuals to sue for damages . Under the bill, which takes effect in September, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which oversees post-secondary education in the state, will draft and adopt rules for athlete eligibility to ensure the law is enforced while also ensuring that state and federal laws regarding the confidentiality of student health and medical information are not violated.Sitting in front of a sign reading “A Win for Women Athletes during a bill-signing ceremony, Abbott hailed the bill’s passage as a victory for female athletes while repeatedly misgendering transgender females as “men,” according to The Hill.“The Save Women’s Sports Act protects young women at Texas colleges and universities by prohibiting men from competing on a team or as an individual against them in college sports,” Abbott said.

Free Press, in a piece entitled: “The NCAA has a ‘hot girl’ problem.“After publication, the Cavinders cried foul saying the story was filled with “sexist tropes.”The backlash was swift and long — their grievance statement almost as lengthy as the piece itself. They said the interview was “obtained under a false pretense,” and that they had chosen to do the piece with the Bari Weiss-led outlet because it was “woman ran.”“We were specifically told via the publication the context would be to ‘see the Cavinders as a very important story not only in the context of women’s college sports but new media culture and business.

Country crooner Eric Church has shared his love for his home state of North Carolina both in his music and in interviews over the years, including his beloved North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team.And with UNC set to face off against rival Duke in the Final Four of the men's NCAA tournament for the first time this weekend, Church proved his devotion by canceling a sold-out concert in order to catch Saturday's big game.The singer, 44,was slated to perform for an audience of thousands atthe AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, but an email was sent out to ticket-holders on Wednesday informing them of the cancelation. Controversial: Country music star Eric Church announced he was canceling his sold out show in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday so he could watch his beloved North Carolina Tar Heel face off against the Duke Blue Devils in one of the two Final Four NCAA men's tournament gamesChurch would call his decision to cancel his sold out show atAT&T Center in San Antonio on Saturday the 'the most selfish thing' he's ever asked of his fans to do.But still, in a messagevia Ticketmaster, to his fans, dubbed the Church Choir, theNorth Carolina native made his case, imploring them to understand his decision and why the game means so much to him.