sacstateman said:
I think this is a good time to bring this topic back up....the female? swimmer at Penn, having competed as a male 2 years ago, now is beating the women by 2 lengths (38 seconds) of the pool in a 500 yd freestyle race....Looks like all you supporters of this action are getting what you want....I'll say it again...Just wait until some 5 star, 7', male decides he wants to transition and becomes a female....the NCAA will have someone breaking every record that any natural female could ever set....That will be the moment when you all really get what you want because swimming isn't that big of a money making sport but basketball is different....There HAS to be a better way.....Sacrificing all the work that women have put into becoming great athletes to accommodate a male who wants to become a female is not fair....Why should the rest of the women suffer? It was he who wanted to become she so he/she should sacrifice their athletic endeavors....
The absurdity of your entire argument is summed up by this sentence:
"Just wait until some 5 star, 7', male decides he wants to transition and becomes a female..."
And the chances of this are what? 1 in 10 million??? Or probably more like 1 in 100 million or even greater??? It hasn't happened in the entire history of sports, so what makes you think this is a pressing issue needing urgent attention on the eGriz basketball board 8 months after the original post?
This issue is an outlier of an outlier. By all statistical accounts, transgenders make up significantly less than 1% (around .7%) of the population in the US . According to the NCAA, only 3.5% of high school athlete compete in college at all and that number goes down to 1% for D1. And I couldn't find the number for basketball, but the odds of being a 4 or 5 star recruit for football are .13% and .01% respectively (so assume the odds for basketball will be even lower). Put these numbers together for a probability and yes, there is a minute chance of this happening, but its astronomically low. And of whatever number that is, only a fraction of those who have these unicorn-like combo of characteristics will have the desire to pursue and dominate their sport in a new gender. This feels more like a morality test indicative of personal politics than an actual pressing issue needing to be addressed.
And not to add insult to injury, but the reality is for the vast majority of Americans, women's college sports don't move the needle whatsoever.
If this "issue" legitimately concerns you, then you clearly have too much time on your hands...
You know what I'm super concerned about? What if they let cheetahs that identify as human run in the Olympics? Or worse yet, what if hermaphrodite squirrels on steroids take over curling? Oh the tragedy... :lol: