X-fit to allow trans athletes to compete in any desired category

joalturn wrote:

Not sure if this has been posted, but I thought it was pretty interesting:

https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a22666161/crossfit-games-transgender-athletes/

A policy like this implemented in track and field would lead to the death of the women's division, but crossfit seems okay with that. Then again, their women are already pretty manly, so it may not make much of a difference.

Discus.

Why would that be the death of women division?

The women event which I find the most interesting to watch is the 800m. I'm sure that I am not alone here.

Don't ask me who the women world leader is in the 100, 200, 400, 1500, 5000. But I know who the WL is in the 800m

Could it actually lead to a resurgence?

I've recently started to add more pull ups to my routine, I shall look into this.

Fttfftffftfvtffvt wrote:

The women event which I find the most interesting to watch is the 800m. I'm sure that I am not alone here.

Don't ask me who the women world leader is in the 100, 200, 400, 1500, 5000. But I know who the WL is in the 800m

I do too but had to check.

The top three are: Natoya Goule, Ajee Wilson. and Habitam Alemu.

Here's an excerpt from the linked article:

How many genders are there? New York City under Mayor Bill de Blasio once ruled there are 31 — easy to remember, because it’s same number as Baskin-Robbins ice cream flavors.

Then the number began creeping upwards, getting close to Heinz’ 57 Varieties. Genders seem to be reproducing like amoebae, dividing and subdividing, trans to transsexual to trans man to trans male to trans person …

Sitting in the House chambers late Tuesday night, with the clock ticking down on the session, ­Lyons took out his smartphone and arrived at the latest updated number of genders: 73.

I asked Lyons Friday where he found his new number 73.

“Facebook,” he said.

Fttfftffftfvtffvt wrote:

joalturn wrote:

Not sure if this has been posted, but I thought it was pretty interesting:

https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a22666161/crossfit-games-transgender-athletes/

A policy like this implemented in track and field would lead to the death of the women's division, but crossfit seems okay with that. Then again, their women are already pretty manly, so it may not make much of a difference.

Discus.

Why would that be the death of women division?

The women event which I find the most interesting to watch is the 800m. I'm sure that I am not alone here.

Don't ask me who the women world leader is in the 100, 200, 400, 1500, 5000. But I know who the WL is in the 800m

Could it actually lead to a resurgence?

No, you're pretty much alone.

Tired of PC wrote:

Fttfftffftfvtffvt wrote:

Why would that be the death of women division?

The women event which I find the most interesting to watch is the 800m. I'm sure that I am not alone here.

Don't ask me who the women world leader is in the 100, 200, 400, 1500, 5000. But I know who the WL is in the 800m

Could it actually lead to a resurgence?

No, you're pretty much alone.

Am I?

# of Twitter followers for Caster = 138 thousand

# of Twitter followers for G. Dibaba (the 1500m leader - I had to check who it was this year) = 4 thousand

The interest level is not even close.

Sand Dunes wrote:

I've recently started to add more pull ups to my routine, I shall look into this.

An idiot like you would consider this.

Yyvfyvftyvyvtygvv wrote:

Tired of PC wrote:

No, you're pretty much alone.

Am I?

# of Twitter followers for Caster = 138 thousand

# of Twitter followers for G. Dibaba (the 1500m leader - I had to check who it was this year) = 4 thousand

The interest level is not even close.

Yes, you are. You can go hang out with 138k, skinny jean, screaming libs, if you'd like; but the majority of the world sees it as a travesty. Is there any wonder why semenya "wins" every race easily? It's sad that semenya was born as she was- she cannot help that. However, placing semenya in a category with females with normal testosterone levels is insanity.

PS- you're also welcome to go hang out with 4K dibaba druggie lovers, too.

I remember watching two Crossfit events from the Crossfit games. One was an endurance trail run and the other was a 1.5 mile run, 500 m swim, 1.5 mile run (is that a duathlon ?). The men and women started together and just competed in the same race together and they seemed to be competing quite well with each other in the top 10 positions. So maybe Crossfit does not feel that transgenders competing as either men or women would effect the outcome of their competitions too much. It looks like a ridiculously tough sport - I can't even imagine how tough it is to do all those burbees and pushups non stop for something like 30 minutes.

Yyvfyvftyvyvtygvv wrote:

Tired of PC wrote:

No, you're pretty much alone.

Am I?

# of Twitter followers for Caster = 138 thousand

# of Twitter followers for G. Dibaba (the 1500m leader - I had to check who it was this year) = 4 thousand

The interest level is not even close.

More fans doesn't always equate to better for the sport. Id be willing to bet that most of the caster followers are yuppies who know nothing about track but support the idea of anything transgender. These aren't lasting fans that grow the sport. They are sjw's with their heads in the clouds who will forget all about her as soon as the novelty of seeing "transgender athlete faces diversity in the womens division" wheres off. In the end it will be the same base of actual track fans, the only difference is the sport will be all f'd up because the athletic commission caved in to these idiots.

Either mix the womens and mens divisions entirely, or completely seperate the. If men can compete as women there is literally no point to a womens division.

If men compete against women, there is no women’s division. You would never have heard of Semenya because he would have gotten crushed by the other faster men.

Tired of PC wrote:

Yyvfyvftyvyvtygvv wrote:

Am I?

# of Twitter followers for Caster = 138 thousand

# of Twitter followers for G. Dibaba (the 1500m leader - I had to check who it was this year) = 4 thousand

The interest level is not even close.

Yes, you are. You can go hang out with 138k, skinny jean, screaming libs, if you'd like; but the majority of the world sees it as a travesty. Is there any wonder why semenya "wins" every race easily? It's sad that semenya was born as she was- she cannot help that. However, placing semenya in a category with females with normal testosterone levels is insanity.

PS- you're also welcome to go hang out with 4K dibaba druggie lovers, too.

Ok, Dibaba is not good enough for you either. Lets look at the 400m leader (Shaunae Miller - had to look to know who was the 400WL too). She has 12 thousand twitter followers.

Face it. Caster is the biggest female star that T&F has.

If T&F has any chance of continuing, it has to adapt (like x fit and MMA are doing).

The women are benefiting from it too. We see the women 800m more than any other women event. Gould, Wilson... are benefiting from all this.

You may want to label the fans if you want, but i’m not sure it’s the right thing to do (from a mass marketing point of view)