Female athlete leaves the pool over Trans competitor.

[LuFins Dad]

Not that kind of pool…

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/female-pool-player-forfeits-final-facing-trans-woman-opponent

[George K]

Next thing you know, "trans" competitors will want to play chess in women's tournaments.

Wait...

[89th]

I'm not terribly sure why pool/billiards have a men's and women's categories, but I guess there is a slight physical aspect of the game, and just slightly moreso than chess. Next thin you know, the chess board will just have two Kings.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Female athlete leaves the pool over Trans competitor.:

Next thing you know, "trans" competitors will want to play chess in women's tournaments.

Wait...

@Doctor-Phibes actually gave a pretty good explanation of why there is a women’s division in chess. There is a performance difference.

Whether that holds up for billiards is up for debate.

I was rolling my eyes a little when I first read this. I couldn’t what difference it would make, but the more I thought about it the more I realized that just letting it slide could be damaging to the women’s rights argument that is being waged right now.

[blondie]

I think maybe something Y-linked might make men better at pool/billiards. It’s not strength, or height, but something else. I don’t blame women at all for wanting to compete among them(genetic)selves.

[jon-nyc]

Visual-spacial skills differ sufficiently (on average) to justify women’s categories in each. Trans women should follow their biology, not their heart.

[blondie]

@jon-nyc This makes sense.

[LuFins Dad]

This hits me as something like Golf, where there is a separate women’s division, but women are allowed to compete in the men’s division if they would like.

[Copper]

Next you guys will want separate tncr for boys and girls.