By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
The White House announced today that the Trump Administration is freezing approximately $175 million of federal funding to Penn over the participation of Lia Thomas in the 2022 NCAA season.
BREAKING: The Trump Administration has “paused $175 million in federal funding from the University of Pennsylvania” over its policies forcing women to compete with men in sports.
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stated that the funding freeze was due to “forcing women to compete with men in sports.” This comes after Trump signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports last month.
In 2022, Lia Thomas began receiving national backlash as a result of her participation as a member of the women’s swimming and diving team at Penn, after competing for three years as a member of the men’s team. Thomas went on to earn three A-finals swims at the NCAA Championships, finishing 8th in the 100 free, 5th in the 200 free, and 1st in the 500 free.
At the time, Thomas was in compliance with the NCAA regulations on transgender competition, and Penn was following their guidelines. Penn spokesperson Ron Ozio addressed this funding freeze with ESPN, stating that the school has not received any notification of the action.
Ozio went on to state that “Penn has always followed NCAA and Ivy League policies regarding student participation on athletic teams. We have been in the past, and remain today, in full compliance with the regulations that apply to not only Penn, but all of our NCAA and Ivy League peer institutions.”
Penn also became the subject of an investigation opened by the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights last month due to their potential “violation” by allowing Thomas’ participation. This investigation also includes San Jose State, and their transgender volleyball player.
The funding freeze is reportedly unrelated to the DOE investigation, and the funding was coming from the Defense Department and the Department of Health and Human Services.
In December, NCAA president Charlie Baker said that there were less than 10 transgender student athletes competing in the NCAA. It is unclear if any other schools that have facilitated transgender competition have been hit by the funding freeze.
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