Transgender Teen Wins Wrestling Championships

I wonder how many desperate people will start doing this just to get glory, accolades and fame like caster semenya. I mean transitioning from a man to a woman will give huge advantages in sports for sure.

People nkyanfbtain wrote:

I wonder how many desperate people will start doing this just to get glory, accolades and fame like caster semenya. I mean transitioning from a man to a woman will give huge advantages in sports for sure.

That is not what happened here at all. Pro tip: read the article before posting.

And I even tossed out a freebie "girl on steroids" ...

FellowCpt..Ahab wrote:

People nkyanfbtain wrote:

I wonder how many desperate people will start doing this just to get glory, accolades and fame like caster semenya. I mean transitioning from a man to a woman will give huge advantages in sports for sure.

That is not what happened here at all. Pro tip: read the article before posting.

For those too lazy to read:

This athlete was born as a girl and wants to compete against the boys. However, Texas rules prohibit that. Athletes must compete as the gender listed on their birth certificate.

This particular athlete is receiving transition treatment and, thus, would have an unfair advantage over girls.

I think that this rule was probably put in place to prevent boys from winning all of the girl's tournaments and not to prevent this type of scenario. Seems to me that they should have just amended the rule to reflect its actual intention.

People nkyanfbtain wrote:

I wonder how many desperate people will start doing this just to get glory, accolades and fame like caster semenya. I mean transitioning from a man to a woman will give huge advantages in sports for sure.

How many guys do you see transitioning to take advantage of the huge advantage that woman have in the dating market? You will see about the same. About zero.

Jamin?

People nkyanfbtain wrote:

I wonder how many desperate people will start doing this just to get glory, accolades and fame like caster semenya. I mean transitioning from a man to a woman will give huge advantages in sports for sure.

No, it will not. I think Ross Tucker addressed this in a series he did.

I also think transgender needs to be distinguished from transsexual. Not long ago, the latter was a person who was undergoing steps to physically change from one sex to another. The former was a person who was keeping the biological sex but identified emotionally as the opposite sex. (Gender at one time was a psychological construct whereas sex was more a biological although both have gray areas).

To me the wrestler here is transsexual (or in transition).

Maybe the Texas legislature should address this before worrying about bathroom usage. (Yes, the UIL is not the state and the state in general should stay out of it).

asdfasdasf wrote:

People nkyanfbtain wrote:

I wonder how many desperate people will start doing this just to get glory, accolades and fame like caster semenya. I mean transitioning from a man to a woman will give huge advantages in sports for sure.

How many guys do you see transitioning to take advantage of the huge advantage that woman have in the dating market? You will see about the same. About zero.

Best answer ever.

It's girls' wrestling. Who cares?

This is on about the same level as my cousin using dubious tactics to win a hand of Uno.

Anyone who works with high school kids knows that that age is, if not a common-sense vacuum, at least pretty light on common sense. The brain is still developing.

The point is this: This girl must have terrible parents to allow her to do this to herself. Our country is insane.

Team Hillary: chicks with dicks and dudes with boobs.

is there a sort of medical exemption, then, for this transition that allows girls to use steroids for years (openly) and still be allowed to compete?

not Casey Kasem wrote:

Anyone who works with high school kids knows that that age is, if not a common-sense vacuum, at least pretty light on common sense. The brain is still developing.

The point is this: This girl must have terrible parents to allow her to do this to herself. Our country is insane.

You are so right. It's a travesty. Leftists and the homosexual lobby are preying on these misguided, impressionable kids. Very sad.

Isn't testosterone a PED? Should she/he be disallowed due to PED use? Do high school sporting rules not address PED use? What am I missing?