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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 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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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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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The NFL isn't male only either. Not supporting anything but agreeing that some sports are segregated by performance

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Even at lower levels of football women are typically only kickers.

[–] cmbabul 5 points 6 months ago

Which is awesome and I hope we see one in the NFL one day! That said the reason for that is that kicker is the only position on the field that doesn’t require you be a genetic marvel. Most men and women that are born are not the size needed to play O-Line, most people that are that big are also not athletic enough(or didn’t have access to the tools to improve to that level).

I’d love to see a woman on the line or at qb or wide receiver. It’s just unlikely to happen before the sport is outlawed or I die