Sen. Tommy Tuberville reached back to his coaching history in his weekly press call Wednesday morning.
Earlier, Tuberville and 18 Republican colleagues reintroduced the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The legislation would preserve Title IX protections for female athletes and ensure fair, safe competition in women’s sports across the country.
He said the bill “pushes back against the far left’s attempt to destroy Title IX and protect female athletes of all ages from inappropriate, unfair, and dangerous competition.”
The senator, or “Coach,” as he is still called, began his career as a high school girls basketball coach. He said during this time “he saw the positive impacts of Title IX firsthand.”
Tuberville (R-Auburn) discussed some of the changes that could take place if Title IX is altered to fit the Biden administration’s agenda.
The administration plans to finalize rules in May that will force institutions to allow biological males to share spaces with females and compete in women’s sports.
“Many coaches will have to begin opening their girls’ and women’s teams’ fields and locker rooms to biological males,” said Tuberville. “The very law that was created to bring about fairness and protection for women’s sports is being used to force them to the sidelines.”
Tuberville also talked about a GAO report that placed Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville as the number one location for Space Command Headquarters.
“Huntsville and the state of Alabama was the place to put it because of missile defense, because of NASA, because of everything that’s going on in Huntsville,” he said.
The proposed relocation hasn’t come without some controversy though, Tuberville said.
“Once we changed administrations in the White House, the Colorado delegation continued to say it was political,” Tuberville said. “It was not political. It was done for the right reasons.
“There have been three more studies since President Biden took office. Huntsville has come out on top of all three of those studies.”
Austen Shipley is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News.
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