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With the recent issues of transgender people in sports, why don’t we move some sports over to a weight-class system? (midwest.social)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Pandantic@midwest.social to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Obviously this won’t work for all sports, but things like football, track, soccer, it would allow for de-gendered team, even allowing athletes with the skills but not the genetically-endowed physical attributes to have a place to play.

Note: I know very little about sports and being on a sports team, so please point out anything that doesn’t make sense.

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[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

highschool

Is still well below the professional leagues/elite levels... To discount high schoolers is a bit absurd to make your point. Many boys don't even hit puberty until high school which is kind of core to the whole discussion.

[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I wasn't discounting anyone. I wasn't even offering a solution. Simply an anecdote.