Martina takes another stand

[RickStain]

It just seems like a solution in search of a problem to me. Trans women are women, trans men are men, they compete in the women's and men's leagues respectively. If there comes a time when cis women can no longer hope to gain the wide-ranging social benefit of sports because they are crowded out by trans women, then we can deal with it then, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Meanwhile, if some isolated athletes are way more athletic than the others they compete against, so what? That's always going to be part of sports.

 

[The Big Ragu]

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They relied on what may have been junk science to make a qualitative decision. They acted like because their qualitative decision was based on a study (which turned out to have suspect methodology), what they did wasn't qualitative.

This isn't a semantic debate about whether gravity has been proven. As it turned out, the quantitative measure (just ONE factor that likely has an affect on athletic performance) that they used to justify their qualitative decision-- a single, imperfect study they did themselves-- may have been flawed. I don't know, because I am not an expert on the science. But that shouldn't even be the discussion. Yes, let's be honest. Semenya's natural ability makes her freakishly good. So they decided to come up with a way to try to unnaturally handicap her, because she was so much naturally better. To me, it's not much different than if they had decided that Wilt Chamberlain was too tall and mandated that he had to have his legs amputated if he wanted to play.

 

[BTExpress]

To me, it's not much different than if they had decided that Wilt Chamberlain was too tall and mandated that he had to have his legs amputated if he wanted to play.

Well, they did change a bunch of rules upon his arrival to neutralize him.

 

[goalmouth]

Classic celebrity bull****. I remember covering Martina when she spoke of the injustices heaped on blacks by society. Meanwhile, at the time she lived in a town (Aspen) where you needed an airplane to find a black person.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Classic celebrity bull****. I remember covering Martina when she spoke of the injustices heaped on blacks by society. Meanwhile, at the time she lived in a town (Aspen) where you needed an airplane to find a black person.

Not sure I follow you. So in order to sympathize with the black community you have to live in the South Bronx?