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In 1972 the US government passed legislation known as Title IX abolishing discriminatory differential treatment based on sex in federally funded high school and college education.
It opened, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
By 1979 this ruling started to creep and then roar into college sports participation. By the mid-1980s over 400 men’s sports programs were eliminated, an unintended but direct result in order to achieve compliance.
The “why” is simple. Women’s sports on campus are money drains. In fact, most sports programs are. If you add new money drains you have to reduce existing money drains.
Colleges make a lot of money each fall on men’s football, some do on men’s basketball, a scant few do on men’s baseball, and then they hold on for dear life as the other programs drain the positive cash flow to zero.
Men’s scholarships went to women’s scholarships. Equality has a price.
Now men are going into women’s sports. Fifty years after Title IX gender identification has a price.
At its January 19, 2022 meeting, the NCAA Board of Governors updated the transgender student-athlete participation policy governing college sports.
The resulting sport-by-sport approach preserves the opportunity for transgender student-athletes while balancing fairness, inclusion, and safety for all who compete.
How do you balance fairness? You don’t. Males that choose to wear a women’s bathing suit swim faster than females. Fact. Period. End of story.
Participation is scant as of now. But, like the southern border, once you announce an open door people walk/run in.
What isn’t shocking is that women transitioning haven’t attempted to enter male sports. We all know why. It’s the opposite sentence of the swimsuit one above.
What is shocking is the relative silence of the feminist community, women’s rights groups, etc. What it took forever to balance is now being undone.
Why oh why aren’t more biological females coming to rescue themselves from the want to be women? A few speak out, but fear in today’s society about not being politically correct (some call it woke) outweighs calling a male a male.
Cancel culture is the great equalizer. It’s stronger than all of the Title IX words combined.
The aforementioned updated participation policy has three phases. Each phase lowers the bar for participation.
And, unfortunately, this will phase out the real competition and marginalize that which many have rightfully fought so hard to get.
Some people that shouldn’t now get to participate and win.
Others actually don’t want participation ribbons and no longer have a chance at winning.
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So well represented. But don’t we need reasons for the Supreme Court to exist and rule on victims behalf? It’s one of the reasons that people challenge existing norms and laws.
Show me an old ruling and I’ll show you a date on John Robert’s calendar. Aside from Ginny, Clarence doesn’t have much to do. You see, the law school institutions around the great nation are trained to specialize in the perpetuation of creating their own economy.
The only exception is when someone is of poor skills or falls out of favor, they become congressmen or congresswomen. And then, when favor doesn’t serve them well, a special place is reserved for their modest talent, lobbying.
You see, it’s the crossroad. Economics, Victims, and bad odor.
Also so well represented. Only a few true ones seem to be in it for the right reasons. Kevin Brady retired as the same humble modest man that he went to Washington as. It seems like Rand Paul is as well.
I for one have many comments on this. First, Trans women should definitely not be allowed to compete in Women’s swimming. Along with the strength issue, they also have a little rudder down below that helps them swim straight and faster. Some things just aren’t fair.
A little rudder? Asking for my friend.
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