Then why even have varsity sports for males and varsity sports for females?
Let everybody, males and females, compete to be on the "one single" varsity basketball program. Gender be damned. If no woman makes the team, then so be it.
Is that what they mean by not being judged on gender identity. I mean, you can't have it both ways, right?
Either we have women's teams for women, or we do away with gender identification and have a "single" varsity team where both men and women try out and the best players make the team.
Otherwise, it seems very hypocritical to say we don't wish to be judged by our gender, only by our "work ethic and athletic ability."