In team sports it is absolutely irrelevant. As mentioned above, this girl isn’t even a statistical leader on her own team, much less a threat to take a post season individual award from another player. How many D1 scholarships are given a year in women’s Volleyball? @Thatguy has been through this process any said there are 5 trans girls in the mix for those spots. He could probably confirm but I would bet nepotism, favoritism, and outright bribery are taking more scholarships from the last in line talent than these kids are.
I asked if anyone knew SJSU ranking because after going down the RPI well past 100 (including past Wyoming lol) and couldn’t find them. She’s listed as 6’1 so she’s probably 5’11.5 or so. She’s not sending 150 mph bombs down from a foot over the net into defenseless delicate craniums. It’s total bullshit posturing by those with an agenda, amplified by people with hate in their hearts.
Athletes in individual sports like tennis, track and field, and swimming are a different problem IMO, but given what we know about trans kids and how/when to begin treatment, the problem at this point is manufactured by the fuckheads who prevent medications to delay onset of puberty.
A fair to middling biologic male athlete who is completely through puberty before transitioning will have an innate advantage that years of HRT and test blockers will only blunt. They will have bone density advantage that will last the rest of their lives. They will have increased muscle mass, thicker and stronger tendons and ligaments, and a more efficient Hip/knee/ankle angle that will persist for years if not decades. So you will have some state level and maybe even a few national level meets/matches won by such athletes
A truly elite biologic male athlete who transitioned post puberty would wreck shop for decades. For instance Caitlin Jenner, had she transitioned at 35, would probably shatter the women’s decathlon record at 40 and be world/olympic champion for another decade. But that’s like a unicorn. Has never happened and never will
To my knowledge, outside of a few weight lifters, Lia Thomas is the only trans athlete competing at a world class female level. Is one outlier across all women’s sports a reason to deny girls and young women the opportunity to enjoy a normal part of growing up that statistically decreases rates of depression and suicide (a huge problem in this population, even in girls with strong family and social group support), increases self esteem and academic performance, and can help them get higher education paid for? IMHO it is not