You aint left buddy, youre a clinton liberal who thinks hes a leftist
You are probably right, I know that sports will never be truly fair but I just wonder if there is a different solution than a straight man/woman split. Like categories based on things like your CO2 max, testosterone level, and things like that. Something like class A. B. C it would solve the issue and would also allow top woman athletes to compete in the man on even playing field which might be cool.
Haven’t really thought it through but just an idea/
Yeah, it would be. The counterpoint would probably be that in many sports, Cis and Trans women would be unseen in the first 5-6 categories (and in some sports that award lower center of gravity, like Gymnastics, men would be essentially wiped out of the top ranks.)
While this shouldn’t be an issue (Super Heavyweight champion is no longer the only weight people care about in boxing, being say, Bantamweight is equally as impressive and an entirely different kind of fight) for many it will be. And I am sympathetic to the critique that the effect on young women of seeing the top women at position 130 in many sports would not be good.
So it’s the perfect solution from fairness, but the knock-on effects are not great. Maybe after Communism.
Cis and Trans women would be unseen in the first 5-6 categories
That would for sure be an issue for viewership and for the funding and sponsorships as a result. It already is a problem , right now already most people only care about male sports, woman sports then become underfunded .
Not always tho. Women’s tennis, Volley, Polo , track and field and others still experience viwership,founding and following that isnt massively bellow their male counterparts still get full stadiums and events and tv coverage. Removing the sex/gender distinction in lets say Tennis would have every single woman player rank outside the top 1000 and never being able to compete in any high level tournament and get coverage , sponshorships and even make a living. Of course this can be solved under socialism but currently it would be a death sentence for the prospects of millions of girl athletes. You wouldnt have female participation in olympics and other top of the world stages
