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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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[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 14 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like weight class doesn't do it. Women have higher body fat %. Is a welterweight woman athletically equivalent to a welterweight man? I don't think so.

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Then go by muscle % x body weight or something.

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