Sports in the time of Covid

[voice]

Time for a new shirt

[ootlg]

Most of them wash up quite well you know.

[voice]

I see the taffies made it through to the last 16, not sure they've ever managed that before

[unclejunior]

And so it begins...
www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/new-zealand-names-transgender-athlete-hubbard-womens-tokyo-olympics-2021-06-20/

[flatandy]

We've covered the NZ weightlifter at least three times already.

But while we're back on this subject again, this is very good from a woman athlete who used to think that trans women should be excluded:

www.outsports.com/platform/amp/2021/6/16/22536714/rosi-sexton-mma-trans-athletes-fallon-fox?__twitter_impression=true

[mids]

So you're saying xey used to be right but now xey're wrong?

[flatandy]

I am not xeying that

[voice]

The cloggers looked very good today, granted it was against Northern Macedonia but they played very well

[mids]

Northern Macedonia? Did their cuirasses and greaves get in the way?

[perrykneeham]

Jun 21, 2021 18:05:52 GMT mids said:

Northern Macedonia? Did their cuirasses and greaves get in the way?

Is that their top pundit pairing featuring a former professional and a flamboyant homosexual?

[perrykneeham]

Has The Saint been replaced by Justin Fashanu?

[wetkingcanute]

Bugger!

I bet the farm on North Macedonia

[mids]

Didn't I tell you Carthage or Thrace?

[wetkingcanute]

my boys disappeared without Thrace.

(actually, as you know, Thrace was what now is Macedonia)

[flatandy]

A nerd writes: actually Thrace is pretty much east of Macedonia (both "North Macedonia" and the bit of Greece that's called Macedonia)

[wetkingcanute]

yeah I knew that.

[perrykneeham]

Jun 21, 2021 19:06:55 GMT flatandy said:

A nerd writes: actually Thrace is pretty much east of Macedonia (both "North Macedonia" and the bit of Greece that's called Macedonia)

I'm sure that was Labia Minor.

[Repat Van]

Jun 21, 2021 13:04:05 GMT unclejunior said:

And so it begins...
www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/new-zealand-names-transgender-athlete-hubbard-womens-tokyo-olympics-2021-06-20/

I am getting a sense of Déjà Vu…

[Repat Van]

Jun 21, 2021 17:23:02 GMT flatandy said:

We've covered the NZ weightlifter at least three times already.

But while we're back on this subject again, this is very good from a woman athlete who used to think that trans women should be excluded:

www.outsports.com/platform/amp/2021/6/16/22536714/rosi-sexton-mma-trans-athletes-fallon-fox?__twitter_impression=true

This in the header is the most critical part and part of why the discussion around transgender athletes is so disappointing:

“ Rosi Sexton says she’s looked into the science of transitioning and supports Fallon Fox’s career in MMA.”

Most people who oppose it aren’t doing so because they have studied the science of transition and realise it supports the notion that trans athletes should be excluded. It’s just based on their own prejudices and “man in the pub” debating style.

It should just be left to the science and the sporting bodies should feel free to take that guidance on board as they see fit.

[voice]

Given how so very very few actual instances of this happening, they are forced to recycle them time after time. Its not a big thing or even an issue, but the culture warriors are so incredibly hett up about it they simply cant let it go.