The N.C.A.A. on Monday released a statement in response to the mounting number of bills in state legislatures aimed at barring transgender athletes — mainly women and girls — from competing in sports divisions that match their gender identity, saying that it was “committed to ensuring that N.C.A.A.
championships are open for all who earn the right to compete in them.” But the organization, which has been under pressure from L.G.B.T.Q.
rights advocates, major league leaders and its own athletes, stopped short of saying that it would pull championships from states considering such legislation.