previously vowed to sign the measure into law, arguing that restrictions on transgender female athletes were needed to ensure that cisgender women are able to earn honors and awards, or qualify for regional and national meets without worrying that they will lose out to athletes assigned male at birth, who, if they have not undergone hormone therapy, retain unfair physiological advantage.Justice said he had considered the fact that the NCAA could retaliate and refuse to schedule championships or tournaments in the state, in protest of the bill, which critics see as targeting transgender athletes for the purpose of excluding them from sports teams.Last month, hundreds of college athletes signed onto a letter urging the NCAA Board of Governors.
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