Where is she supposed to change though?
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Where is she supposed to change though?
She just practiced harder….as evidenced by her rankings that have bounced from #462 as a male to #1 as a female."
Penn swimmers say transgender teammate Lia Thomas should not be allowed to compete
In letter to school and Ivy League, teammates say if Lia Thomas were allowed to compete she could break "Penn, Ivy, and NCAA Women’s Swimming records.'www.yahoo.com
Gotcha. Kind of destroys the argument of the whiners about the other dude/gal, eh?
GOATShe just practiced harder….
Because they make up .3% of the population and I’m guessing way less than that of the swimming population.As the father of two former female high school athletes (including a no pic swimmer) I fail to see why we don’t just have specific events for trans athletes. In Swimming especially it would be be very straightforward to have specific trans events during the women’s meets. It would add <10 mins to any meet and is really no different than how they handle other special circumstances today. The trans athletes can race against time expectations set specifically for trans athletes.
For example, one of the HS teams my daughter swam against had a blind girl who always swam in a specific solo event during the meets because she needed it quiet to hear a coach call out the flip turns.
(And no I am not trying to say that being trans is a disability…just trying to point out we have already accepted special circumstances to allow for inclusive competition).
Well exactly. Like my blind girl example it is such a rare circumstance to have a meet with a trans athlete that it should be no big deal to allow them a special category. This would accommodate the fact that they may have way more or less testosterone than their biological gender would suggest. For individual sports this is a simple way to be inclusive without creating competitive issues.Because they make up .3% of the population and I’m guessing way less than that of the swimming population.
Gotcha. I think in the trans worldview that is the opposite of inclusive. If you take any stance other then “anyone who claims to be female is in fact female, and therefore deserves all of the privileges of being female”….you’re gonna have a bad day.Well exactly. Like my blind girl example it is such a rare circumstance to have a meet with a trans athlete that it should be no big deal to allow them a special category. This would accommodate the fact that they may have way more or less testosterone than their biological gender would suggest. For individual sports this is a simple way to be inclusive without creating competitive issues.