that's the issue. there is a non-zero number of people that care and are affected. The number on both sides probably rounds to zero. i am woefully ignorant of the issues surrounding this. On one hand, forcing transgender women to train, travel and compete with/against men is not cool and probably overly stressful. But competitive advantages have to be looked at.
From the NCAA Transgender Handbook on competitive advantage for Female competitors
The standard set for transgender athletes to compete in their desired side of the sport (male or female) is to complete 1 year of hormone therapy and then they can proceed. Females ID'ing a male can compete on Men's team with or without testosterone augmentation. Males ID'ing female cannot compete on the women's team without a hormone therapy. Based on https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/inclusion/lgbtq/INC_TransgenderHandbook.pdf
- so from above #1 - no idea the % of transgender athletes in the ncca that underwent hormonal therapy prior to puberty but it has to be shockingly small.
- #2 it's non point. yes, ALL (as in 100% in the world) male bodied are not taller, stronger etc... But law of averages says that most males at the same age/fitness level would have advantages.
- #3 RE: the bolded part. i think we are seeing evidence of this. still very few instances to make assumptions on though.
There does not seem a fair and equitable answer to make everyone whole. I think they should just continue down the path that they are on until a point where if/when the outliers start to become the norm, then some competitive rebalance may be needed.