＂It's basically licenced cheating ＂
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss the growing number of trans athletes who have come forward to identify as trans in professional sports and the implications for the future of the sport of football and other sports where trans athletes are allowed to compete.
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Yeah, I mean, you know, I saw Megan Rapinoe, the football player, soccer, of course, over in America,
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who has just retired, and right at the moment of her retirement, she said,
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oh, what I'd really want is to see trans women playing in the U.S. women's national soccer team,
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which is great because it means her plays won't get taken.
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And my response would be, OK, so what happens if Lionel Messi, who's playing in the MLS in America,
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what happens if he decides to identify as a woman?
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B, there'll be no law against him prohibiting him from playing for the American women's national team.
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Is that the way we're going to go, where Lionel Messi suddenly says, I'm a woman,
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and breaks even more records, but makes it irrevocably impossible for an actual woman to compete?
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That is where this is going, if we're not very careful, isn't it?
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It doesn't affect Rapinoe anymore, so have fun virtual singling.
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And if, like, for my sport, it affects many lifters.
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I know four lifters off the top of my head that will be competing against Anne coming up
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and that have a problem with it, that have actually written the Federation.
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One person cut weight so they don't have to compete against Anne.
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And, I mean, it only takes one person to not consent.
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And the federations that are allowing this, you know, it's disgraceful.
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It is disgusting that they're allowing this to happen.
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Yeah, but it's basically licensed cheating is what it is.
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And it's like saying that certain competitors can dope.
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You know, if that was the case, everyone would be up in arms and saying,
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well, it's unfair because you get an advantage.