But with “fairness” you have to draw the line somewhere or the groups that are able to play against each other would be too small.
Exactly. You shouldn’t draw arbitrary lines to split up groups of athletes such that one of the groups literally has nobody to play with.
I think it’s only understandable if people that went through puperty without testosterone would complain if they would have to compete against more and more people who went through testosterone puperty.
“More and more” people is doing some real heavy lifting here. Every statistic - every statistic - agrees that this is not a common situation at all. We don’t hear the voice of a lot of transgender athletes because there are not a lot of transgender athletes. There’s barely any. And many of them - like many cisgender athletes - aren’t even good athletes.
I think its only understandable if people that went through puberty without growing 3 feet taller would complain if they would have to compete against more and more people who naturally became 7 feet tall from puberty… but that’s not happening. It’s not common. It never will be common. And many people who do become 7 feet tall will never become competitive athletes.
It’s so uncommon to find a 7 ft tall athlete that when you do, you often find them dominating the local sports teams. They’re allowed to play. Why shouldn’t they? Recruiters follow them around the country. Colleges give them scholarships and national leagues give them millions of dollars.
Their peers - the poor high schoolers that have to play against future national pros and olympic champions - they understandably complain that they don’t have a chance of winning. They are upset when they lose, or never get to touch the ball, or get benched. And yet no national campaign. No public outcry against giantism. No superpower writing half-baked oppressive laws “protecting” short people. Nobody vilified Andre or Shaq for standing out and flexing on everybody. (Edit - and for the record, no transition by default gives athletic ability, or ever gives such a significant advantage as for e.g. height does in basketball)
Why should we treat transgender people differently?
Exactly. You shouldn’t draw arbitrary lines to split up groups of athletes such that one of the groups literally has nobody to play with.
“More and more” people is doing some real heavy lifting here. Every statistic - every statistic - agrees that this is not a common situation at all. We don’t hear the voice of a lot of transgender athletes because there are not a lot of transgender athletes. There’s barely any. And many of them - like many cisgender athletes - aren’t even good athletes.
I think its only understandable if people that went through puberty without growing 3 feet taller would complain if they would have to compete against more and more people who naturally became 7 feet tall from puberty… but that’s not happening. It’s not common. It never will be common. And many people who do become 7 feet tall will never become competitive athletes.
It’s so uncommon to find a 7 ft tall athlete that when you do, you often find them dominating the local sports teams. They’re allowed to play. Why shouldn’t they? Recruiters follow them around the country. Colleges give them scholarships and national leagues give them millions of dollars.
Their peers - the poor high schoolers that have to play against future national pros and olympic champions - they understandably complain that they don’t have a chance of winning. They are upset when they lose, or never get to touch the ball, or get benched. And yet no national campaign. No public outcry against giantism. No superpower writing half-baked oppressive laws “protecting” short people. Nobody vilified Andre or Shaq for standing out and flexing on everybody. (Edit - and for the record, no transition by default gives athletic ability, or ever gives such a significant advantage as for e.g. height does in basketball)
Why should we treat transgender people differently?