(04-09-2017 02:16 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote: At that point, probably.
Ok so this individual has the potential to take away a D1 womans scholarship, as a freshman they are already running 100s that are 2-3 seconds faster than the girls who make state.
Quote:But that's not a permanent condition since as they transition those gains will evaporate.
I disagree with that assertion...
Firstly the T level of a man who transitions is still typically 2-3 times higher than a biological woman. If you accept the fact that Testosterone is a performance enhancing hormone then there are implications for this.
Secondly a life time of building lean muscle is not erased because your T level goes down. The upper threshold on the IOC guidelines on a trans woman for T level is still about 4 times higher than the average womans T level and more than double the top 10th percentile.
In fact the IOC guidelines for trans woman are higher than what would be considered a low but medically normal rate for a man past 25....
Quote:No reason to ban Trans kids from competing simply as a result of their intent to transition.
Who want's to ban them... Simply have people compete against their biological gender. Biology, and not psychology, is the big factor here.
This kid's times are actually really good against the guys. They are not currently state championship good, but I would bet the kid, as a freshman, would be scoring points in meets, it's not a stretch to think that by the time they are a senior a trip to states would be in order.
Quote:Those college scholarships aren't being taken from anyone.
They will, it's reality. Eventually when a decent percent of them end up going to tans folks and scammers, then women will come to resent the transsexual community.