Bock Cites Regressive, Discriminatory Policies Against Women
The insane plague of men in women’s sports has ignited strong protests from many prominent female athletes across the political spectrum, from Riley Gaines to Martina Navratilova and beyond. And while these brave women have achieved a lot of success in their pushback against discrimination and erasing women in favor of mediocre male athletes, the problem will never go away as long as so many sports governing bodies continue to push their ideological agenda over fairness in competition.
But the landscape may be changing there as well. The NCAA, which has long turned a deaf ear to the protests of women, and has continued to craft policy that favors “trans women” to the detriment of actual women, just got rebuffed strongly — from within its own ranks.
Last Friday, William Bock III, a member of the NCAA Committee on Infractions since 2016, resigned his position in protest, specifically calling out the NCAA’s policy on transgenders as the reason for his departure.
Bock Calls The NCAA Out For Discriminatory Policy
As reported by The Washington Examiner, in his letter to NCAA president Charlie Baker, Bock stated that he could no longer abide by the NCAA’s policy on this issue.
“Although I may not have agreed with the wisdom of every rule in the NCAA rulebook, I believed the intent behind the NCAA’s rules was competitive fairness and protection of equal opportunities for student-athletes,” Bock wrote. “This conviction has changed as I have watched the NCAA double down on regressive policies which discriminate against female student-athletes.”
William Bock III – Resignation Letter to NCAA
Bock specifically cited the NCAA’s “three-phase participation policy,” which allows “trans women” to compete against real women as long as they do not exceed a testosterone threshold level. He explained that testosterone is simply one aspect of an athlete’s ability and that innate biological advantages far exceed hormone levels in athletes.
“There’s a lot of biological development that starts at birth that allows you to maximize testosterone, and those changes that you get through development — they don’t go away,” Bock said. “And you’re going to reduce performance by a small amount if you reduce testosterone levels, but you’re never going to bridge the gap between men and women. And so it’s a ruse to say that testosterone suppression, it’s a level playing field, so it’s not true.”
William Bock III
Bock knows a thing or two about competitive advantages in sports. Prior to and concurrent with his position on the NCAA Infractions Committee, he was also the General Counsel for the Anti-Doping Agency for 14 years. Among many other cases, he investigated Lance Armstrong and the now-proven allegations of the cyclist’s use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Accordingly, before he submitted his resignation, Bock consulted with many doctors and scientists, and reviewed data before concluding that there was no doubt in his mind that the NCAA’s policy was discriminatory against women.
“If I’m there in a sport integrity role when there’s massive, essentially authorized, cheating taking place and dramatically harming women — it’s just a contradiction,” he said. “I just felt like I couldn’t seem to do that any longer and needed to resign with the hope that maybe [it] will cause other people to look at the issue more closely.”
William Bock III
Gaines, Others Express Gratitude to Bock For His Stand
Bock noted that he first became concerned about this issue based on the case between Gaines and Will Thomas (who goes by “Lia”), where the NCAA forced Gaines and other women to swim against a man in its championships.
Not surprisingly, Gaines was one of the first to thank Bock for speaking out against the NCAA’s policy and raising awareness through his resignation.
Others on social media expressed concern that Bock leaving would mean that the NCAA would simply replace him with someone who would not balk at the transgender policies.
While this may be the case, his resignation is still a high-profile protest against the NCAA. The organization has not responded to any requests for comment yet. But eventually, they will have to and then have to explain why the policies are in place to begin with.
The infiltration of the gender ideology cult into America’s institutions — including the NCAA — took a long time to develop. It will take time to dismantle. But Bock’s resignation and his statements about why he resigned are big blows to that ideology.
This is a victory for saving women’s sports, but there is a long way to go. Having more principled officials like William Bock III speak out and refuse to go along with it will only lead to more victories.
