A girls' basketball team forfeited the championship to a team that allowed a male (trans-identified) play on the team, for the safety of the real girls. Refusing to play is the only way forward.

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[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

They also want the fun and comeraderie of playing a sport with their teammates.

More importantly they should be given an education whether they want it or not.

Fairness is less important when they're growing so fast, as players born early in the year after the cutoff date are already at significant advantage. And those born late, or premature are at significant disadvantage. See: https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2013/11/19/the-birthday-effect-in-college-athletics.aspx for instance.

Trans athletes are so rare that they're not going to dominate.

[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

None of those things are impacted by being on one team or the other. But if there's even one MtF in the girls' competition, s/he will easily win. I say s/he because a lot of "trans" athletes declare themselves for this exact purpose, so they can win by cheating.

If the athlete can't actually beat everyone then I suppose it doesn't matter. But when a MtF athlete coasts along and easily kicks the shit out of everyone, that's unacceptable.

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

But if there's even one MtF in the girls' competition, s/he will easily win. I

Nope. The team in the OP were knocked out in the quarters.

And the trans girl only made the 4th division.

[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

But there are plenty of cases where the MtF has an obvious advantage and easily blows the girls away. There are plenty of times when the rest do not even stand a chance against the MtF. Sure they may not have as big of an advantage as men do, but there's still a marked difference.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But there are plenty of cases where the MtF has an obvious advantage and easily blows the girls away.

Really?

Name three actual cases from High School sports.