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Natalie Ryan VS PDGA Has Been Settled...For Now
The PDGA has settled its dispute with Natalie Ryan, effectively putting an end to the controversy surrounding the organization's policy on gender-based divisions in disc golf tournaments. The settlement comes after a lengthy period of litigation and court orders in California and Minnesota, which have rendered it increasingly difficult for the PDGA to navigate the complexities of trans rights laws across multiple states. By striking specific language from its policy, the PDGA has sought to resolve the disputes with Natalie Ryan and other parties involved, including the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDJ) and Disc Golf Pro Tour (DISL Protour). The decision marks a significant shift for the organization as it navigates its finances and focuses on inclusivity and fairness in its policies.
Watch Natalie Ryan's thrilling match against the PDGA, filled with shocking twists & electrifying moments!
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the big news that broke this past week was that Natalie Ryan uh settled with the PDGA so I'm actually just going to kind of talk uh straight off of the pdj announcement we T we knew kind of this was going to happen a little bit we saw that uh Natalie Ryan had signed up for her tour card and then we also um saw a little bit from other people as well but what we did not see is what the PDGA had to say about it last week and so today we have that so this was the announcement that the pgga made on their website um the title was modification to the PDGA policy on eligibility for gender-based divisions for 2024 and 2025 um as we wrote in our announcement on December 12 2022 regarding the PDGA policy of eligibility for gender-based divisions we the PDGA Global board of directors value fairness and inclusion those values motivate our decision when formulating the policy and will continue to guide us as we evaluate and Ed uh update the policy as additional science and data become available we stand by our decision to implement the policy for the 2023 season since that time however the patchwork of laws regarding transer rights has only become more fragmented the pdj and disl protour have been named defendants and lawsuits over the application of the policy in California and Minnesota and judges in each state issued orders overriding the policy it has become apparent that the law is not settled on this issue the PDGA is not financially or logistically in a position to take the lead in multi-state litigation on this topic for the first time in recent memory the PDGA will end the year with a net operating loss and it is not in the best interest of our members to continue to allocate resources to further litigation accordingly and as part of a settlement ending the litigation against the pdj and dis golf protor in both California and Minnesota the board of directors is altering section c of the policy by striking the following Lang language and so basically they're taking out players who were assigned male gender at Birth are eligible to compete in the gender based Foo division at pdj Pro Majors only if the criteria in C3 is met and that is transition prior to...
