# Brett Favre on transgender athletes in women's sports: 'I can only shake my head at this'

Favre praises Trump for his executive order last month

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Published March 11, 2025 6:17pm EDT

As at least one study has shown, nearly 80% of Americans believe biological males should not participate in , the current administration has begun to take action.

 made due on its threat to Maine by cutting federal funding for continuing to allow transgender athletes to compete against biological females.

Legendary NFL quarterback Brett Favre is a part of the aforementioned reported 80%. He appeared on Fox News Channel with Will Cain on Tuesday where he was shown a clip of "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg asking why it was an issue.





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Brett Favre said he can "only shake my head" at transgender athletes competing against biological girls and women in sports. (Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports)

"There's nothing I can say that's gonna change her mind - I can only shake my head at this," Favre said. "It's common sense at its best. Oh well, what can I say? Speechless."

As far as it being unfair for biological females, Favre added, "You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out."

Favre has spoken out against transgender athletes in female sports in the past.



Earlier this month, not a single Democrat voted in favor of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would keep  in women’s and girls’ sports.

A  conducted by the Concerned Women for America legislative action committee found that 70% of moderate voters saw the issue of "Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls' and women’s sports and of transgender boys and men using girls' and women’s bathrooms" as important to them.

Additionally, 6% said it was the most important issue of all, while 44% said it was "very important."



President Donald Trump acknowledges former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines before signing the No Men in Women's Sports executive order at the White House on Feb. 5, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP)



Meanwhile, a recent New York Times/Ipsos poll found that the vast majority of Americans, including 67% of Democrats, don't believe trans athletes should be able to compete in women's sports.

_Fox News' Ryan Gaydos, Jackson Thompson and Julia Johnson contributed to this report._

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