Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, grilled NCAA president Charlie Baker over the college sports authority allowing transgender participation in women's sports. Baker argues that they are complying with the decisions of five federal judges over the last 18 months and asks for Congress to pass a law to clarify the issue.

Things got heated between Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and the NCAA President Charlie Baker during a hearing Tuesday, in which the Missouri senator pressed Baker on his “indefensible” policy on allowing biological men into female sports.

Josh Hawley got into a fiery exchange with NCAA President Charlie Baker over transgender athletes participating college sports.

One senator told Baker to “buy a spine online and take a stand” for female athletes, while another called the NCAA president’s failure to take responsibility “outrageous,” according to videos of the hearing.

At the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator John Kennedy, Senator Josh Hawley questioned NCAA President Charlie Baker about the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's sports.

NCAA President Charlie Baker told a Senate panel that there are fewer than 10 transgender athletes he is aware of who currently compete in college sports, pouring cold water on an issue Republicans have said is a nationwide problem and one that is increasingly fraught territory for Democrats.

NCAA president Charlie Baker addressed trans athletes in sports during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing over legalized sports gambling.