Opinions on todays transgender players?

It's like when they said allowing gay marriage would somehow damage the institution of marriage. The world isn't going to fall apart because your child may compete against a transgender child.
Its not the same thing.
Its a sports issue, and scientifically speaking, some athletes would have an unfair advantage based on their birth gender, or the taking of supplements that would be banned for any other athlete.
 
Having dome some very cursory reading on this, the science that exists today does point to 'more than a feeling' argument. Lots more needs to be studied, but there is scientific evidence of biochemical difference in a wide range of areas. Neurotransmitters have receptors that are triggered by sex hormones. Interesting read:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4335177/

But you are right, this is not black & white, and ppl should seek to understand instead of condemn the unfamiliar. This is how progress is made.
A good read ...

http://thefederalist.com/2015/03/10/fifty-six-shades-of-gender-insanity/
 
I replied, I watched, what am I supposed to be concerned with? Her being 6'6"? Her being different? Or her going back to college at 51? Seems like a pretty positive article all around that demonstrates transgender players can contribute to team as much as anyone else...

But you are supposed to HATE her for being transgender. That is their point.
 
Having dome some very cursory reading on this, the science that exists today does point to 'more than a feeling' argument. Lots more needs to be studied, but there is scientific evidence of biochemical difference in a wide range of areas. Neurotransmitters have receptors that are triggered by sex hormones. Interesting read:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4335177/

But you are right, this is not black & white, and ppl should seek to understand instead of condemn the unfamiliar. This is how progress is made.
The issue is that nobody has a lab kit with them on the soccer field so if the situation arises you have no choice but to take the person or coaches word for it. The mere questioning of the legitimacy of fairness is considered bigotry.
 
Yes, is there something I should not be ok with?
Wow.
1. Unfair advantage
2. Would not want my daughter playing against him
3. Girls are not biologically built the same as men and some of the teeneage girls can get hurt.
4. He took away a roster spot away from a worthy girl.

But apparently in your PC world none of this matters.

Like equating deadly diseases with syndromes.

Hopefully none of us here on the forum actually have to see their daughter play against 50 man who is trying to relieve his glory days..
 
The issue is that nobody has a lab kit with them on the soccer field so if the situation arises you have no choice but to take the person or coaches word for it. The mere questioning of the legitimacy of fairness is considered bigotry.
How many girls have you tested on the field? I see lots of girls w masculine features on the field, should we test them? Look at NWSL, many athletes in that league don't exactly exude classic femininity. Should we all have a chance to examine them? Leagues allow players in, assuming they followed the rules like checking relevant documentation. Having anyone outside the governing body imply they're intitled to perform an examination on said athlete is simply unacceptable!
 
The issue is that nobody has a lab kit with them on the soccer field so if the situation arises you have no choice but to take the person or coaches word for it. The mere questioning of the legitimacy of fairness is considered bigotry.
If its not bigotry who cares what some asshole thinks.
The integrity of a sport rests on delivering a fair contest.
Without that, might as well shitcan the whole thing.
 
Wow.
1. Unfair advantage
2. Would not want my daughter playing against him
3. Girls are not biologically built the same as men and some of the teeneage girls can get hurt.
4. He took away a roster spot away from a worthy girl.

But apparently in your PC world none of this matters.

Like equating deadly diseases with syndromes.

Hopefully none of us here on the forum actually have to see their daughter play against 50 man who is trying to relieve his glory days..
HER, I think that distinction alone is where you lost your argument...
 
Setting aside those who are transgender, would it be fair to everyone involved to allow boys to start signing up and participating in girls' leagues? Maybe it would - I don't know. Although I think that going co-ed could lead to the near elimination of women in sports, something no one wants to see happen.

But if you do think it would be unfair, why does it become fair because someone transitions? I think that that is the basic question that lingers. Can someone answer that without calling me a bigot or claiming that I hate transgender people?
 
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