This is only a ‘complex issue’ because of the current social climate, biological men and women compete seperatly for obvious reasons. Just look at the mixed sex swimming relay in the Olympics as an example.

Lmaoooo yeah. A real “complex” issue

So many people in this thread seem to think everyone should have the exact same body type or else the sport isn’t “fair”. I played rugby in my school in PE against players who play in super league now (top European rugby league division). They were physically stronger and in better shape than everyone else. We were much more in risk of being injured by them than anyone else. However isn’t that sport? They shouldn’t have been forced to not play to account for smaller less skilled players.

Curious to see if the USA Women’s team is gonna jump in on this.

Hang on so the ladies don’t want to play against man who can hit a ball so hard it’s caused injuries?

Why isn’t he / she / whatever just playing with other men?

I’m sure r/soccer is equipped to have a nuanced discussion about this

This is such a difficult situation. In an ideal world, trans people should be able to play with whoever.

There really just needs to be leagues for trans people at this point, there needs to be a safe space for trans people to compete without discrimination, and without potentially injuring people.

I honestly don’t know if I have that strong of an opinion about this, as I’m not truly educated on how this stuff really works, but whether trans people are allowed to compete with their own gender or not, there needs to be leagues for trans people.

Side note, a season ending knee injury from a shot? I wonder how that works.

I’m sure r/soccer will have a nuanced discussion about a complex issue.

Whats so complex about it? Penis + testes = mens game , vaggie + booba = womans game

Getting in before this gets locked. What’s up y’all?

Maybe they should play better if they’re so worried about losing to the other team.

Start a mental illness division.

If being trans automatically makes you a dramatically superior athlete then why is playing in the Sheffield & Hallamshire County league?

It’s pretty normal for lower league players to get injured by powerful shots. I’ve seen happen loads of times. A shot striking your limb at the wrong moment will break it and end your season.

I can definitely understand peoples worry about the effect trans athletes have on certain womans sports. I get that transmen and transwomen might have to play in the mens divisions, but this incident seems like panic sparked by a fairly standard injury.

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Removing politics from the equation, on a purely sporting level when you consider the greatest ever women’s team cannot compete with random u15 boys academies, the astronomical advantage this would give just wouldn’t be fair.