09-06-2017, 11:24 PM
(09-06-2017, 01:38 AM)LP link Wrote:I read today about a trans-gender player entering the AFLW. This is a real concern because we are not talking about an average sized person, at 190cm x 95kg (Almost Weitering Size) they will clearly be the biggest and strongest player in the competition.
I seriously think codes of contact sports should be regulated based on genetics to stop this sort of bias. There is a clear and legally definable demarcation that can be put in place based on chromosomes.
I suppose we could accept trans-gender players moving in the other direction, up the physicality ladder. But would it be fair in the future for Damian Monkhorst to get a sex change and play in the AFLW on big money?
How fair is it on someone like Chiocci to come up against such a player in a head on physical contest?
I suspect if this is allowed it's only a matter of time before money motivates someone or some club to do this deliberately, at which time the whole competition becomes corrupt. Will AFLW be recruiting trans-gender West Indian Basketballers next season?
Did it identify the player and what club was involved?
Does the player have an elite backgound in another sport?