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Chattanooga could lose NCAA events due to Tennessee’s transgender ban

FILE - In this April 19, 2019, file photo, an athlete stands near a NCAA logo during a softball game in Beaumont, Texas. California will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements, defying the NCAA and setting up a likely legal challenge that could reshape U.S. amateur sports. (AP Photo/Aaron M. Sprecher, File)
FILE - In this April 19, 2019, file photo, an athlete stands near a NCAA logo during a softball game in Beaumont, Texas. California will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements, defying the NCAA and setting up a likely legal challenge that could reshape U.S. amateur sports. (AP Photo/Aaron M. Sprecher, File) FILE - In this April 19, 2019, file photo, an athlete stands near a NCAA logo during a softball game in Beaumont, Texas. California will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements, defying the NCAA and setting up a likely legal challenge that could reshape U.S. amateur sports. (AP Photo/Aaron M. Sprecher, File)

By David Paschall 3 min read

The NCAA stated this week that it will stage future championship competitions in environments free of transgender discrimination, which has Chattanooga in danger of losing multiple events that have been lined up for the years ahead.

Chattanooga is scheduled to host the Division III men’s and women’s tennis championship tournaments at the Champions Tennis Club on May 24-30.

“This potentially puts a lot of what we have secured with the NCAA at risk,” Tim Morgan, the chief officer of Chattanooga Sports, said Thursday. “My understanding is that they are not addressing this immediately, but it will be happening here in the future. To be honest, all of this is in the beginning stages, and no one from the NCAA has talked to us about their position.

“We really don’t know what will happen in the future.”

Morgan estimates the Division III tennis tournaments, which were moved in March from Claremont, California, due to COVID-19 restrictions, will have a $1.1 million economic impact.