Way to completely, and intentionally, miss the point.
Ah yes, but “it isn’t the World Cup” so we shouldn’t care about it. /s
Running is niche? That's a pretty universal sport / activity for kids of all ages across the globe.
Not by competing against, and taking opportunities away from, biological females.
So they would get no scholarships, thanks for making it clear.
Needs tagline 'Shit at Gambling'.
Wow, you’ve got that little faith in them competing in an open category? That’s harsh.
I don't know why you're so surprised another person would consider the well being of teenagers and young adults ahead of the professionalization of college sports, which is in itself highly exploitative of their athletes. If universities think the scholarship system will be unfair to cis-girls, just offer the runner up a scholarship, problem solved. When it comes to school sports, I want young folks safe and healthy, not create systems that ban people based on who they are.
I was being partly facetious but to be fair running is probably quite niche around my area as only one of the high schools actually has a track and field site. The more popular sports for kids seem to be football, rugby, tennis and - based on the bottles I see them holding - underage drinking and shouting "the feck you looking at, you bald old cnut?"
Have you ever been involved in the collegiate athletics recruitment process?
That sounds nice… but we’re talking about actual competitive athletics here.
We have academic scholarships here too.
Schools can’t. Athletic scholarships are regulated and limited by the NCAA / NAIA.
No, and I don't care to learn as it has nothing to do with I'm defending here.
I don't think school competitions trump the well being of an already marginalized group of kids.
We have academic scholarships for everyone. No number limit. You're a good student but don't have money? The state pays 100%. Maybe the energy spent on trying to exclude transgender girls from sports could be spent on pushing for something like that.
Are you telling me rules can be changed to exclude transgender girls but not changed to allow for more scholarships? Priorities...
Then maybe don’t say what schools should do instead when your being aggressively ignorant about how it works.
The irony of how that statement works for the female athletes isn’t lost on me.
While I would love to see that in place here, it is a very separate issue that would involve a complete overhaul of the entire US college & university system.
I’m telling you about what the reality is, a reality you’ve already said you’re ignorant of.
So in summary:
Clearly is to you, since you insist on using transphobic terminology
Nah, not worth my time
I guess we’ll never know
Always a pleasure, step.
one of if not our biggest sports events in Jamaica is a "school sport". Its extremely tribal, fierce competitive and seen as a stepping stone for our athletes to go on to better things. To say its "schools sports " like its some random playground rodeo is crazy i think. These are where the likes of Shelly-ann Fraser , Veronica Campbell, Elaine Thompson-Hera are born. Well at least for us.
I mean, you just described a horrible system, if young kids rely on being good at sports to move up in life. Why on earth would we want to aspire to that?
If that's her average time do you think it's fair to put her up against transgender athletes who are more powerful athletes and will have a better average?
"Common sense" etc right, no need for science when common sense is involved in saying they are more powerful.
I was talking about how they make it big in track and field, its actually a beautiful system as all schools on the island compete against each other in a variety of events similar to olympics, If you attend school and are good at a sport within your age range and sex then you have a chance to compete at the national arena infront of thousands of people. I never said young kids needed to be good at sports to move up in life, i suck at sports and im doing fine
Fair enough, I misinterpreted from you saying it was fierce and tribal.I was talking about how they make it big in track and field, its actually a beautiful system as all schools on the island compete against each other in a variety of events similar to olympics, If you attend school and are good at a sport within your age range and sex then you have a chance to compete at the national arena infront of thousands of people. I never said young kids needed to be good at sports to move up in life, i suck at sports and im doing fine
Lets put it this way, I think there is a huge advantage to going through puberty as a male vs female when it comes to 100 m. To me Shelly Ann Fraser is the greatest sprint athlete to ever exists and she would still lose to the 15 year old boys that run in our local school sports competition.
No worries,
And let me put it this way.. what if Usain Bolt decides to transition and wants to compete in women's division?
Do you think it's fair for women to compete against other women?
Would you compete against women?
Sure, but I'm not a woman, nor a professional, semi-professional or even amateur athlete
It would make a mockery of womens track and field, something as a Jamaican i feel very strongly about. I dont think anyone that transitioned to female after puberty should compete in female track events. Even with the current WA restrictions in place the test levels are just too high, the biological advantage is too much .I cant speak for other sports , but for track , going through puberty as a man is a lasting advantage. If you are a transwoman and merely doing similar times as cis women in track to me it shows you actually had no business being in track in the first place, its like putting an 18 year old to run against 10 year olds and they run similar times for some reason and we think...well that was totally fine.
Yeah, I was too lazy to look it up but thanks for saving me the work.
I would take it but as above, someone already proved my point.
Biologically you're not a woman should be the correct statement. There's nothing wrong with identifying and transitioning into a woman but your biologically makeup isn't that of a biological woman. Genetics cannot be changed. A biological man will always have the strength and power superior to a biological woman. Nothing can change that. A person can identify as whoever they want but it won't make them weaker or stronger.
What that says is you don't genuinely consider trans-women, women. Usain Bolt had massive genetic, physical advantages over every other person he competed against. Should we have excluded him from competing?
I'm weaker and slower than Bolt. Should Bolt be forbidden from competing against me because of it?
I would put a cavoite here, and say on average. You have lots of women stronger than certain men
