I worry this Mouncey thing isn't going to end well.
Assuming Mouncey is free of injury, fit and of sound mind she could effectively become unstoppable. If that happens other clubs will start actively searching for and recruiting trans-gender athletes to compete against her. For example with the Mouncey decision, there are transitioned Ex.NBA athletes who are free to pursue an AFLW career, deny them and the AFL will be labeled prejudiced or even worse racist!
The good will of the girls who welcomed Mouncey to AFLW will be tested to the extreme as they or their associates are displaced from the sport they only just won the right to earn a living in!
That's when AFLW fans will start to switch off, the dreams of their daughters shattered!
Sounds extreme doesn't it, but it's not that far over the horizon!
On the other side of this coin, can you imagine the outcry if a transitioned athlete heading in the other direction manages to make it into AFL, and then gets cleaned up by a Mumford or Robinson type player live on air?
What changes to the rules and game will the AFL issue to ensure that doesn't happen?
This decision should have been left in the hands of the genes, that is a natural line of demarcation that cannot be debated!
Assuming Mouncey is free of injury, fit and of sound mind she could effectively become unstoppable. If that happens other clubs will start actively searching for and recruiting trans-gender athletes to compete against her. For example with the Mouncey decision, there are transitioned Ex.NBA athletes who are free to pursue an AFLW career, deny them and the AFL will be labeled prejudiced or even worse racist!
The good will of the girls who welcomed Mouncey to AFLW will be tested to the extreme as they or their associates are displaced from the sport they only just won the right to earn a living in!
That's when AFLW fans will start to switch off, the dreams of their daughters shattered!
Sounds extreme doesn't it, but it's not that far over the horizon!
On the other side of this coin, can you imagine the outcry if a transitioned athlete heading in the other direction manages to make it into AFL, and then gets cleaned up by a Mumford or Robinson type player live on air?
What changes to the rules and game will the AFL issue to ensure that doesn't happen?
This decision should have been left in the hands of the genes, that is a natural line of demarcation that cannot be debated!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"