(09-16-2016 05:35 AM)NigelTufnel Wrote:  

(09-16-2016 12:31 AM)umbluegray Wrote:  Does the NCAA allow men to participate on women's teams and vice versa?

Has that scenario already been happening for years?

If not, why not?

No one is saying that men should be allowed on women's teams. In fact, no one is saying that men should be able to use women's restrooms. They are saying that people who identify as women should be able to use women's restrooms. The "fear" is that predators would use the law as cover to gain access to women's restrooms. But they could already do that, and it's already illegal, and there are no documented cases. In places that specifically allow transgender people from using the bathroom of their gender identity, there have been no problems whatsoever. Like I said previously, you've been pissing next to transgender people for a long time and likely did not know it. So the law has no purpose other than to discriminate against a group of people that are already extremely vulnerable. But again, the bathroom issue is just cover to ensure that local communities don't install non-discrimination protections of their own. Transgender people will still use the bathroom of their choice, and cops won't be checking birth certificates (or genitalia) at the door (I hope); but now, they do it with the knowledge that technically, they are violating the law, and that the state they are in has little regard for them or their rights.

Now, if you are asking about the NCAA's policy on transgender athletes, I don't think the issue has arisen to a large degree; however, there is a swimmer at Harvard that transitioned to a man and switched from the women's team to the men's.

Is there a fear that someone like a Jake McDowell will suddenly decide that he's a woman so he can dominate on the court? Not really. The NCAA says that you have to be able to document your gender preference and show proof of testosterone suppression medical treatment for a year and throughout your eligibility.

I'm not sure what scenario you are referring to in the last paragraph.

This is exactly what they're saying. It's been going on for a while.

Transgender athletes pose unusual dilemmas

Quote:In May, the Justice Department sent a letter directing all schools to allow transgender students to participate on sports teams "consistent with their gender identity."

In other words, meet Joe.

He is 6-2, 200 pounds, batted .496 for the baseball team but feels as if he was born in the wrong body. Under D.O.J. guidelines, he is now a she and can bat cleanup for the girls softball team.

So again, does the NCAA distinguish between males and females in the sports they govern?

(09-14-2016 12:28 AM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  Leftist intentionally lying about what a law says or does is common place.

Can you tell me the next time the Obamacare death panel is scheduled to convene?

Good for the NCAA.

Period.

All the mock hysteria is similar to what we saw in Cleveland. Any excuse to mistreat, or worse, to fake as though their own rights are being compromised.

Use that voice!

(09-16-2016 12:31 AM)umbluegray Wrote:  Does the NCAA allow men to participate on women's teams and vice versa?

Has that scenario already been happening for years?

If not, why not?

To address this question...

While women can compete on a men's team in some occassions, that is accepted because it does not fundamentally change the game. Even with equitable treatment, there is still a recognition that men and women are indeed different....a very different point from a transgender debate...and that if men competed on women's teams it would fundamentally transform that game.

People have a visceral understanding of this...but....like in the SHC bash fest threads, they look for anything they can hang their hats on in order to mistreat others.

(09-15-2016 08:43 AM)wylioats Wrote:  

(09-14-2016 11:48 PM)HometownTiger Wrote:  News Flash: NCAA is a joke.

I agree. Just another group caving into this PC bullshat.

^^^^