1. I like you, Fran, but you are wrong on the weight classes. In sports where heaviness is an advantage, like boxing and weightlifting, weight classes make sense. But in most individual sports, competitive effectiveness increases with weight only so much, and then it decreases as weight increases. So, for example, you could have 150 pound swimmers competing evenly with 175 pound swimmers, if both are in their peak condition, but gaining 25 pounds would slow down the 150 pound swimmer.

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2. I can recommend the video Matt Stephens interviewing Phillipa York (Formerly Robert Millar, a former Scottish cyclist). They even touch on some of the science that makes it a myth that a transwoman has an advantage.

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3. Weight classes is a great idea.

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4. I never could get into boy sports; and I was kicked out of cheerleading by the girls making up the elementary school cheer squad.
   LoL!
   But one girl, a neighbor of mine, really wanted me to be a cheerleader. She even convinced me to wear her brand new cheerleader uniform, and coaxed me outside to her backyard for some cheer "training".
   Bless Sandy for being so kind to me. This was in 1987, when we were six.

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5. But Fran, a solution would prevent all the culture-war hate which is all some people have, especially right-wing politicians around the world.

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6. Yes, I've heard this idea floated a few times, and I think there's something useful there. Weight is great because it's simple and everyone understands it. Probably weight isn't the best metric in all sports, but something along those lines makes sense.

   Also…"pass muster."

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7. it's all about Republican (right wing) hate, which has all come out of the woodwork, lately.

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8. What irks me the most is that the people who make the most noise about "preserving women's sports" were the sam people who openly mocked women's sports only a few years ago. THEY DON"T ACTUALLY CARE! It's all just hate and politics at the expense of a vulnerable community.

   Also, fully agree with Fran. Sports is a joke and this sort of reaction isn't new and extends beyond human competition, just look what happened with the Mazda 787B.

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9. It's not bias… Control your emotions and remain objective. There are no freaks of nature. ALL muscle will produce testosterone when working-out. MTF women will have have a much improved capability to produce testosterone then CISgender women. That's all. No mystery. Look at automobile racing. There are classes in car racing- not because of bodily differences, but because of vehicle type. It's just that simple. Stay objective.

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10. You missed the mark on this one… the intent is great but really you are arguing without a grasp on the finer details

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11. I love you Fran! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this subject. I think sports are silly too but you're solution really makes sense.

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12. Weight class will not work, it is not total weight that is the issue, it is the distribution of that weight, men focus weight in our upper body's and are significantly stronger than women of the same weight. Lea's performance only went to prove the differences in men and women in sports like swimming.

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13. Well Fran since you say it, athletes are freaks of nature, you repeated so many times! Let's have another division for non freaks, like the transmen and transwomen! End of story😁

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14. Good deal. Support.

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