The ghost of Ricky Ricardo wrote:
Uptown wrote:You need to talk to your sons about the possibility that they may want to "transition" to the female side, where scholarship opportunities for 2:00 HS "girls" are abundant.
Do it now, the time standards could drop dramatically in the mid-range future. By 2020, a "girl" won't be able to partial-ride at Bumfack U. with anything over 2:00.
This needs it's own thread. College costs these days will tempt a lot of people to do just that. Why be a walk on at 2:00 when you can gather up another title nine women's scholarship and go free? Excellent insight Uptown
Are you seriously suggesting men will transition simply to get scholarships? Are you not aware that the NCAA requires that any transgender athlete be on hormones for over a year to qualify?
So a man quick enough to get a women's scholarship but not a men's would do this in your fantasy world right? Otherwise there'd be no point. So let's say he starts at 2:00 for 800- decent time for a man but you'll never get money, now for a young woman that'd be killer!! So he jumps on hormones, becomes "she" and now she shows up at college saying "Look at me coach I turned that half mile in two flat! Show me the money!!" And coach says "ok great! Lets just do a time trial real quick!" The two go out to that beautiful mondo track and our straw-woman track star takes off with all her might, charges through the laps like a bat out of hell and... She runs a 2:25. Bye bye scholarship.
i understand the worries over intersex athletes changing women's sports- it's a hard topic and one that will take time to figure out. However creating fantastical "what if's" will do nothing to advance the discussion.