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Originally Posted by Boomer
Huh? Why did you quote me? I think we are on the same side on this one.
What I said was that this is about fairness -- not hatefulness. I think it will be a thread-the-needle, but smart, talented, competitive young women who could have a lot to lose can get this twisting of their rights under control if they decide to do so.
(Title IX did not show up until 1972 to give young women equal opportunities in sports. There would have been quite a few talented women my age who could have gone to college on a sports scholarship but were born a little too early and missed their chances.)
I realize my declared social acceptance of transgender people horrifies some around here who like to gear up to gang up, but my opinion on this is separate from that.
Boomer
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Basically this. In the contest of equality vs. fear, fear seems to be winning the current race.
When it becomes a matter of "accept or reject, those are your only two options" you will see a very decisive dividing line over which many will refuse to cross.
Rather than come together and come up with solutions, they'd rather say "hell yeah" or "hell no."
Most of the ones screaming the loudest at the moment are the spectators, who don't ever buy tickets to games and don't pay the extra for the pay-per-view livestream of the event. They need to let the adults do the adulting, while they go play golf and relax and enjoy their retirement.
The sports world will work this out. Or they won't, and they'll lose viewers, patrons, athletes, when they're forced to take sides.
I personally don't care. I think sports pros should all get minimum wage. You don't need a college degree to hit a ball in a hole, afterall. It's not even customer service for crying out loud. Even in football - it's just a bunch of thugs bashing each other in the race to grab a ball that isn't even round and bring it to a line on the ground. And then when they retire because they spent the last 10 years having their brains bounced around inside their skulls, they discover they're not fit to do anything else for the rest of their lives.
If anyone should be staying home and collecting $300/week in PEUC benefits, it's professional ballplayers. Stay home and stop doing really stupid things to your body for money. Sheesh.