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moriah

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2. Maybe the issue is people having to be good at athletics to go to college.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 05:17 PM

Mar 2020

Just gonna be honest here:

How many people would be as upset as they are about this if it did not impact scholarship opportunities? Then it'd just be about the game/sport -- competing and having fun.

That's not what high school sports are about now, and that's what's wrong with the system, at least in my mind.

Not letting trans girls play on girls teams/participate in girls events.

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US Justice Department: Don't treat trans athletes as girls [View all] alp227 Mar 2020 OP

The issue that complicates things is that the transgender school athletes, pnwmom Mar 2020 #1

Maybe the issue is people having to be good at athletics to go to college. moriah Mar 2020 #2

I remember when there were few sport opportunities for girls janterry Mar 2020 #3

+1000 comradebillyboy Mar 2020 #27

That's true. This is very much about college acceptances and scholarships. pnwmom Mar 2020 #4

I think it's having a level playing field elias7 Mar 2020 #5

There are thousands and thousands of Division III 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #16

You're right it is much more basic than that. Blackjackdavey Mar 2020 #18

Well... OldBaldy1701E Mar 2020 #17

Athletic prep schools are a thing now Blackjackdavey Mar 2020 #19

Sports programs for high schools should have been eliminated long ago. Arthur_Frain Mar 2020 #28

Competitive sport at that age can be 4 or 5 hours a day of work. It is not about fun. LizBeth Mar 2020 #29

I agree with you. And its happened with other sports too. oldsoftie Mar 2020 #6

"if all you've done" eggplant Mar 2020 #9

it is not, and you are really missing the point. Tumbulu Mar 2020 #11

You've made a decision to make what you've known inside, public. Not an easy decision, no. oldsoftie Mar 2020 #12

I don't think it's meant to be qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #22

How about I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2020 #7

no one cares about a guy catsudon Mar 2020 #8

Exactly. eggplant Mar 2020 #10

This is about top female athletes who lose spots in major competitions pnwmom Mar 2020 #13

Well said ripcord Mar 2020 #14

Third gender sports ck4829 Mar 2020 #21

Good idea if the transphobia gets under control I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2020 #26

I'm very Liberal and support LGBTQ, I'm fine with all of it. OverBurn Mar 2020 #15

We need 'third gender' sports ck4829 Mar 2020 #20

So, basically "separate but equal." eggplant Mar 2020 #23

We already do this with sex janterry Mar 2020 #24

So, eliminate gender from sports entirely? That is something I'm also open to. ck4829 Mar 2020 #25

Might as well not have male and female sports then. If male bodied are allowed to compete against LizBeth Mar 2020 #30

Don't Treat US Justice Department As Intelligent. n/t TheFourthMind Mar 2020 #31