I believe that some sports do this very thing. A medical condition that requires medication that gives an advantage would seem very unfair.
So you would also say that any kid that is prescribed and taking testosterone for any reason should be banned from competing in highschool sports?
So you would also say that any kid that is prescribed and taking testosterone for any reason should be banned from competing in highschool sports?
the NFL has a therapeutic use exception
https://nflpaweb.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/Active Players/TUE application form_2017.pdf
so does WADA
https://www.wada-ama.org/en/what-we-do/science-medical/therapeutic-use-exemptions
The individual sports federations and organizations need to decide on the eligibility of transsexual athletes in their sport, and a TUE will only be considered for eligible athletes. The hormones administered to MtF athletes (estrogen, anti-androgens) are not prohibited in sports. Only FtM athletes who take androgens require a TUE. As testosterone administration influences performance measures, it is important that the criteria for the granting of a TUE ensure that FtM athletes have physiological androgen exposure comparable with, but no more than, eugonadal men. This is best ensured by using standard testosterone doses as for androgen deficient men. At the same time, it needs to be remembered that actual levels of circulating testosterone and their determination of muscle mass and strength in males are subject to considerable inter-individual variability.
So basically you're saying that this person has a choice of either rejecting their gender identity or no longer competing in a sport they have spent years preparing for, all because officials in Texas passed a stupid rule.
I've got a better idea, get rid of the stupid rule. Problem solved.
So you would also say that any kid that is prescribed and taking testosterone for any reason should be banned from competing in highschool sports?
the NFL has a therapeutic use exception
https://nflpaweb.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/Active Players/TUE application form_2017.pdf
so does WADA
https://www.wada-ama.org/en/what-we-do/science-medical/therapeutic-use-exemptions
What would be the legal argument to allow girls into men's events, but not men into women's events? To me, it can only be that men are inherently better at most sports because of a biological advantage. The problem with that is many people push the idea that everyone is equal in every way. You would have to legally establish that men are superior which would piss off a whole lot of people.
So this means 'you're free to compete at the cost of your gender identity'. Do you see the horror in that now?
What's wrong with the NCAA rules?
Obama didn't agree with the NCAA rules. His order was any student has to be allowed to play under the gender they identify with. A MTF transgender athlete has to be allowed to play against females, no exceptions. Trump didn't necessarily do away with that - it could still be the case - but he defers to the state and local levels to make that call rather than a blanket order from Uncle Sam saying they have to be allowed to play.
It sounds like many here are in agreement with Trump but just don't want to admit it.
To be honest personally, I think the amount of money blown from state tax dollars for professional sports to build huge stadiums is stupid, to support someone playing a child's game, instead of spending the money educating children.
Trump is currently wanting to starve kids, while on golf outings at Mar-a-Lago almost every weekend since he has taken office.
Think about that one, and get back to me.
I agree the staggering amount of money spent on sports is stupid, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand.
After I think about that, what am I supposed to get back to you about?
Educating children? What for? So they can continue to participate and grow this system of greed, manipulation and the worship of material goods? That's basically what the education is. It's designed by the elites so the elites can remain in power. Your future generations are going to be even more robotic than the older generations. The young of today have completely and totally lost the sense of independent thinking. But yes, continue spending more and more money to fund their indoctrination ... I mean education.To be honest personally, I think the amount of money blown from state tax dollars for professional sports to build huge stadiums is stupid, to support someone playing a child's game, instead of spending the money educating children.
Trump is currently wanting to starve kids, while on golf outings at Mar-a-Lago almost every weekend since he has taken office.
Think about that one, and get back to me.
We're going to stick it to the elites by not sending our kids to school! That'll show them.Educating children? What for? So they can continue to participate and grow this system of greed, manipulation and the worship of material goods? That's basically what the education is. It's designed by the elites so the elites can remain in power.
Right, because I said we should remain ignorant. As long as we're not aware of the fact that the education system is designed to churn out consumers and order followers, we're just going to repeat the cycle over and over again. But elite worship is alive and well so this is a very uphill fight.We're going to stick it to the elites by not sending our kids to school! That'll show them.
I guess you would have to think a bit more, I suppose.
But divert from your other response I guess, yeah lets go back on topic.
It's often the ones who consider themselves unconditioned are the ones who are most conditioned. Not talking about you here. These things are subtle; if they were obvious, more people would try to resist them.I consider myself fortunate then that I went through public school but do not worship the elite. I can only conjecture that I slipped through the cracks and missed the indoctrination classes on account of scheduling conflicts.
I consider myself fortunate then that I went through public school but do not worship the elite. I can only conjecture that I slipped through the cracks and missed the indoctrination classes on account of scheduling conflicts.
Obama didn't agree with the NCAA rules. His order was any student has to be allowed to play under the gender they identify with. A MTF transgender athlete has to be allowed to play against females, no exceptions. Trump didn't necessarily do away with that - it could still be the case - but he defers to the state and local levels to make that call rather than a blanket order from Uncle Sam saying they have to be allowed to play.
It sounds like many here are in agreement with Trump but just don't want to admit it.
Educating children? What for? So they can continue to participate and grow this system of greed, manipulation and the worship of material goods? That's basically what the education is. It's designed by the elites so the elites can remain in power. Your future generations are going to be even more robotic than the older generations. The young of today have completely and totally lost the sense of independent thinking. But yes, continue spending more and more money to fund their indoctrination ... I mean education.
Trump wants to starve kids? Mmkay. It's not like the previous elites before him actually cared either. If they did, America wouldn't be spending trillion dollars on its military war machine. The spending on the military war machine continues under Democrats and Republicans. Trump is just continuing this madness.
Imagine this for a second: Instead of spending $600 billion to fund your war machine to kill innocent people, why not spend only $300 billion and use the rest to help mankind in a true way?
That will never happen because the elites won't let that happen. Even worse, they are indoctrinating the youth into worship the system built by the elites.
But yeah, continue pumping more money into the system, hoping it gets better somehow.
Who cares about Obama? He isn't the president. Again, Trump has 'deferred' to the states in much the same way the federal government 'deferred' to segregationists. His policy is abominable, but then again most people know that. It's one reason why he's hated more than any other president in history at this point in his administration I would imagine, wouldn't you agree?
Like I said at the beginning, conservatives are all about restricting freedom of choice so long as it advances conservative objectives. It's reactionary authoritarianism.