Dick’s has claimed that the Company will “fight to champion women and address their concerns and needs” and that Dick’s is “all in on supporting girls and women in all walks of life.” Despite these claims, Dick’s has partnered with the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and Catalyst, two organizations that apparently have advanced policies prioritizing males identifying females over actual females. Further, Dick’s is rated High Risk on the 1792 Exchange due to, among other things, the 1792 Exchange’s findings that the company (1) “discriminates against vendors that do not promote divisive sex and gender policies,” (2) “forces employees to attend multiple, controversial trainings on gender identity, sexual orientation, [and] transgender issues,” and (3) “provides gender transition guidelines for its employees and … transgender services funded by the company.” iii Dick’s controversial transgender-related policies indicate that Dick’s does not support female athletes, which puts Dick’s at risk for financial, reputational, and legal harm. Many females have spoken out against discrimination against females under the guise of transgender activism: iv 1. Lainey Armistead, a female track athlete, filed suit to defend West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sport Act; Armistead believes that “protecting fairness in women’s sports is a women’s rights issue.” v 2. Chelsea Mitchell, a female track athlete, filed suit against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference because she believes “girls and women shouldn’t be stripped of their right to fair competition.” 3. Tish Hyman, a female singer, was assaulted in November 2025 and confronted CA State Sen. Scott Weiner about protecting females from males identifying as females in female-only spaces: “As a lesbian woman who was attacked in a women’s locker room at Gold’s Gym… by a self-identifying trans woman with a documented history of domestic violence, I’m deeply concerned about women’s safety in female only spaces.” vi vii Dick’s seemingly supports the spirit of Title IX, which “prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance.” However, Dick’s current policies apparently directly contradict the February 5, 2025 Executive Order which rescinds federal funding “from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy, viii For these reasons, we request a report assessing whether business decisions involving transgenderism have been fully informed by clear, sex-based definitions of women and by a rigorous assessment of the attendant financial, legal, reputational, and safety risks to females. i ii https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dicks-sporting-goods-releases-campaign-focused-on-female-leadership-301245853.html. https://www.glsen.org/blog/4-big-problems-anti-trans-bathroom-bills-and-how-you-can-help; https://www.instagram.com/p/CfbijCOuSkX/; https://www.catalyst.org/insights/2022/creating-new-norms-gender-identity. iii iv v vi vii https://1792exchange.com/pdf/?c_id=2785 . https://adflegal.org/press-release/wvsu/soccer-player-seeks-protect-womens-sports/ https://adflegal.org/article/i-was-fastest-girl-connecticut-transgender-athletes-made-it-unfair-fight/ https://cbaustin.com/news/nation-world/tish-hymen-confronts-california-state-sen-wiener-over-trans-women-in-female-locker-rooms-scott-weiner-golds-gym-trans-people. https://www.ed.gov/laws-and-policy/civil-rights-laws/title-ix-and-sex-discrimination; https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dicks-sporting-goods-champions-national-girls--women-in-sports-day 301471235.html. viii https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/ .