@TeranJSports@CHANNEL_TN_@Austin_Vols The POTUS is an elected official. I don’t think it’s an 85-15% issue that people feel honored to have a harder time getting to a football game so they can be in the same building as the president. That’s not what most people are going for.
@TeranJSports@CHANNEL_TN_@Austin_Vols Why is it an honor to be on the same stadium as an elected official? I’m proud to be an American, but I don’t feel “honored” to meet an elected official. They work for the citizens of the country to make the country better and protect its people.
@TeranJSports@CHANNEL_TN_@Austin_Vols Nah, it sucks to have to show up to a football game three hours early. People are going for the football game, for most they might see the president once when they show him on the Jumbotron. Not sure why it’s an “honor.”
@davidemccune@mattyglesias@admcrlsn Most competitive/professional leagues haven’t allowed “self-selection.” There have typically been pretty strict requirements that no one who isn’t actually trans would ever meet just to play a sport.
@Joesnothereman@keithedwards Tim Pool lives in a bunker and thinks we’re on the verge of a civil war. The dude isn’t moderate by any sense of the word.
@adamjohnsonCHI I mean, the fact that they rely on “data” that they have to run through various algorithms and “put into context” a dozen times should answer that question.
@LakerGMC_@aproudamerica@Polymarket They aren’t transphobic, though. The vast majority of trans people are completely fine with them. You’re also overstating the physical advantages. Lia Thomas is one of the very few trans athletes to perform at a high level following protocols, and was still only ranked 34th.
@LakerGMC_@aproudamerica@Polymarket It’s not, though. Those are the rules that every trans college player and the vast majority of pro teams athletes have followed.
@Denny_Ace87@jemelehill It’s also almost always the case in college and pro sports that trans women who compete do certain gender affirming care that significantly reduces their biological advantages. That’s why you didn’t often see trans people dominating college sports pre-ban.
@Denny_Ace87@jemelehill People who identify as women are typically doing things to affirm their identity, such as presenting as female outwardly, living as a woman socially, and getting gender affirming surgeries. Enes Kanter is not doing any of those things. Hope that helps.
@justr7719@FomerCityBoy@spoiledsteelers@jemelehill Enes is creating a problem that didn’t exist, and you seem very concerned about an issue that you’re not particularly well informed on. Lia Thomas is really the only real example of a college or pro trans athlete competing at an elite level.
@justr7719@FomerCityBoy@spoiledsteelers@jemelehill Dude, you were wrong. If it’s your opinion that it’s a slippery slope that can’t be adjudicated fairly, that’s one thing, but it’s clear you don’t even understand the issue. It’s clear your actual issue is with trans people existing in general.
@Denny_Ace87@jemelehill In high level sports, that’s never been the standard, and it’s not what the science that’s favorable to trans people says. The only thing it proves, is that the WNBA is poorly run and failed to prepare for a grifter to try to make a stupid point.