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With the recent issues of transgender people in sports, why don’t we move some sports over to a weight-class system? (midwest.social)
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Obviously this won’t work for all sports, but things like football, track, soccer, it would allow for de-gendered team, even allowing athletes with the skills but not the genetically-endowed physical attributes to have a place to play.

Note: I know very little about sports and being on a sports team, so please point out anything that doesn’t make sense.

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[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Ok but what if.... We just got rid of sports.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Bad idea. We need games so we don't raid each other's monkey groups.

[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Ok but you see, that was part of the plan all along!

[-] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

E Sports. Liquid bread and electronic circus.

Modern problems require modern solutions.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Sounds awfully unhealthy. I wouldn't be in favor of that. I like swimming.

[-] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

We could also get rid of fun, I guess.
Only clink-clang work from now on.

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