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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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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Ah yes, the Enhanced Games brought to you be Peter Theil and a dozen of the worst tech bros you haven't heard of yet.

Part of the problem is that pro sports is already full of illicit doping. Another big part of the problem is that athletic exceptionalism is as much about winning the genetic lottery, getting lucky with no injuries at the peak of your career, and having the luxury of sponsorship/rich parents at an early age as it is doing lots of drugs.

The only real benefit you get out of an Enhanced Games exhibition is to sell dipshit frat bros the same promise Wheaties and Nike and GMC have been selling for decades - use our brand of steroid and you'll be a world champion, too. And frankly, that market is already kinda flooded.

[–] voluble@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I take your anti-corporate point. However, I believe pro-doping would totally work if it was a gladiatorial bloodbath decathalon within the olympics itself. And if you get caught doping in the non-doping sports, you're forced to compete in the decathalon with the juiced up killers. Jousting, Barenuckle boxing, Pride rules MMA, Hell in a Cell, no rules water polo, shit like that.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

if you get caught doping in the non-doping sports, you’re forced to compete in the decathalon with the juiced up killers

I'm listening...

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

wait why not pump rich kids full of drugs? I don't see a loss here

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

aren't they already? isn't that one of the pros of being rich?