NRLW to get its first Transgender player next season -Updated

[FinestTigers]

I forget where were up to with this topic but if this transwoman is approved to play in the NRLW comp. next season, then i'm certain that one day they will find themselves in the courts and try to defend their hastily made reckless player safety policies.

If a serious injury occurs as a result of a tackle or a collision between a woman and a transwoman (born as male) it sure will have serious consequences for the NRL.

The injured woman won't be thinking it is unfortunate sometimes these injuries happen in a contact sport, but the injured woman will be thinking my injury was a direct result of a collision/tackle with the transwoman (male).

One of the World's largest sport governing bodies Fina has just recently announced this,

The Guardian
Sean Ingle
Sun 19 Jun 2022 15.08
Transgender women swimmers barred from female competitions by Fina

"Swimming’s world governing body, Fina, has voted to bar transgender women from elite female competitions if they have experienced any part of male puberty, in a seismic decision that sets it apart from most Olympic sports.

The decision, decided by 71% of the vote of 152 national federations at the world championships in Budapest, followed a report from a Fina scientific panel which found that trans women retained a significant advantage over cisgender female swimmers even after reducing their testosterone levels through medication."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...rred-from-female-competitions-after-fina-vote

I'm certain that those policymakers at the NRL are aware of this news, let's see what they learn and how they respond to this very important decision.

 

[stryker 69]

Sensible decision by the FINA members.
Hopefully a precedent is set.

 

[stryker 69]

I'm sure the administration will help provide some unbiassed info to assist all players in deciding for themselves.

I think blokes (myself included) need to take a big step back and let the women decide for themselves. it's their comp.

Disagree.
Despite any and all protestations, male to female transgenders are not women. They are men. If they are afforded a platform to push agendas and opinion then so should be the rest of us.

 

[Suzie-Q]

So you want it to be all inclusive even in sport. Let's say your daughter was fighting in the UFC for arguments sake. Are you seriously telling me that you wouldn't be outraged if she was fighting a male?

A transwoman is not a man

 

[liltiger]

How come we don't have any women who become men trying to get approval to play nrl, why is it only the men who transition to women.
Personally I'm against it, no matter what we do our genetics will always be what they are, not that I'm not empathetic to people who feel like they are in the wrong body, it must be very stressful and hard to deal with no doubt.
My objection is that one day the nrl / wnrl may find themselves with a hefty lawsuit after a woman is hurt by a transgender player.

 

[FinestTigers]

A transwoman is not a man

I appreciate your feelings about this topic, suzie Q,
But this is unprecendented, and all we're trying to do here is carefully considering the safety of everyone before this gets approval, this is what Fina have said.

"a Fina scientific panel which found that trans women retained a significant advantage over cisgender female swimmers even after reducing their testosterone levels through medication."

 

[Buttface]

A transwoman is not a man

noun: transwoman

1. a transgender person who has transitioned from male to female.

Started out one. I guess the debate is over what you consider transitioned.
Personally if you start life with a pecker then I think ya male even if you cut it off ya still a bloke.
Just my opinion.

 

[hammertime]

I have no idea why we seem to have started in sports where strength plays a big role. Start with precision sports, such as archery or bowling. Then increment on that once we work out a solution.

 

[Tigerdave]

It's an unfair advantage if they transition after puberty and get to compete against cis women. FINA has made the correct and fair decision. They are looking at introducing separate events for transgender women.

 

[matchball]

When a miniscule element of society want things bent to their will you know it's got a bigger agenda attached. Up to you to interpret what that is.
Transgender make up not even 1% of the population. Why is it so important?

 

[Needaname]

I wonder if we’ll ever see it play out the other way round?

 

[Papacito]

When a miniscule element of society want things bent to their will you know it's got a bigger agenda attached. Up to you to interpret what that is.
Transgender make up not even 1% of the population. Why is it so important?

I guess you could say exactly the same about any minority group who speaks up?

 

[matchball]

I wonder if we’ll ever see it play out the other way round?

Never. One shoulder to the mammaries would put them out indefinitely.

 

[Needaname]

Never. One shoulder to the mammaries would put them out indefinitely.

I’m actually surprised it hasn’t happen in the Woman’s only comp.

 

[matchball]

I guess you could say exactly the same about any minority group who speaks up?

Speaking up is one thing. This is encroaching on women sports they are welcome to their own space to play league. Dicks in skirts competition.
If it could be said for other minority groups, when will see the first female/male down syndrome NRL player? First blind NRL player?

 

[batboy]

A transwoman is not a man

It is also not a woman, And should never be allowed to compete against biological females in any sport - Ever.

 

[Papacito]

Speaking up is one thing. This is encroaching on women sports they are welcome to their own space to play league. Dicks in skirts competition.
If it could be said for other minority groups, when will see the first female/male down syndrome NRL player? First blind NRL player?

In the 1960s plenty of people said Aboriginal people were 'encroaching' on them by being allowed in a pub.

 

[matchball]

In the 1960s plenty of people said Aboriginal people were 'encroaching' on them by being allowed in a pub.

You're headed into a topic that has nothing to do with transgenders in sport.

 

[CarltonDry]

I welcome Lucinda Brooks to the NRLW and we should all support shim ♂️♀️☺️

 

[stryker 69]

In the 1960s plenty of people said Aboriginal people were 'encroaching' on them by being allowed in a pub.

Come on man, that is no where near the same topic.