The sensible folks will chuckle

Why on earth who anyone want to meet you?

You can misrepresent that reluctance as cowardice if you want. David Miller did that after he made his death threats. You're in exalted company!

Jerry's proof is "google it." And I didn't think he could get any lamer.

When I was an 18 year old pup a hundred years ago, I was a college pitcher.  The bright guys on this site will know what school i played for.  At that age I already had a 93 mph fast ball.  There's not a woman on the planet that has ever been able to throw that hard.  Women would be playing big time ball if they could.  They can't.

You're lying. If you had actually been a pitcher, you would know that there are many pitchers who rely on pitches other than fastballs and whose top velocity is far below 93 mph--yet, they pitch and have pitched in the major leagues.

Your statement about how fast a woman can throw is ridiculous. There are women--MANY women--who are as tall and strong as a lot of major league pitchers. There's no physical reason or limitation why they shouldn't be able to pitch at the major league level--even if that didn't include a 90+ mph fastball.

I realize that at this point, you'll say, "Yeah, so how come no woman has ever become a major league pitcher?" My answer would be, when have they ever had the opportunity? And if you had actually been a pitcher, you would know that you can't just step on the mound and throw--you have to develop the talent. So why would a woman learn to pitch at the major league level if she knew she was never going to be allowed to play?

But I know you're an old white fart brought up to believe that women are inferior to men. Stereotypical conservitard.

Damn, don't you just hate it when Boilerman is right about something?

I largely agree with seperating sports genders.   And while I fully support people to identify with whatever gender they wish and receive the full respect that is due there - there are some biological facts that are ..well...facts.

Testosterone is essentially a performance enhancing drug.   People who have lots of it in their system have more muscle and bone mass than those with lesser amount.   Thats a fact.  Thats what testosterone does.   

So if you put Lebron James on the women's basketball team because he decides to identify as a woman he is going to beat the shit out of everyone in the league.   Because in addtion to awesome skills - he also has a more height / muscle mass / bone mass.      

It's never happened so far. I would in fact welcome it, if only for the novelty.

Obviously--but he would beat the shit out of almost everyone in the men's league as well.

My point, which seems to have rocketed over everyone's head, is that there are SOME women--however large or small that number may be--who have the physical ability to compete in men's professional sports. I don't see why sports leagues shouldn't allow them to at least try.

As for the "there are no female professional athletes in men's leagues" argument--well, why would there be, if the rules forbid them to compete in the first place? I think that absence is far more due to those prohibitions than that ALL women are physically incapable.

There are hundreds of male professional athletes who are smaller, shorter, weaker, slower, etc. than the most capable women. Maybe the overlap is small, but, once again, why not let them try out?

(Short answer: sexism, in one of the most completely male-dominated industries in America.)

Of course there's a wide spectrum of women's physical abilities.    Pretty sure any player in the WNBA could kick my ass in a game of one on one.   I'm equally sure the best player in the WNBA could not make the practice squad of any NBA team.

I dont think there is a law that bans women from men's sports. Its more an issue going the other way.   I believe there was a woman who was being scouted as a potential NFL kicker a few years ago.   It was on 60 minutes.  SHe ultimately didnt get drafted.

Got to say I agree with boilerman on this. Even if you give a male athlete female hormones, they still have the muscle mass and bone structure of a male.

Take a male that is a high school athlete of some type. Say he's good enough to make the team as a starter and maybe even a top ten athlete at his high school. He's good against the competition he faces but he'll never earn a scholarship to college. Switch his identification to female and suddenly he becomes a division 1 full ride prospect. 

The whole reason girls sports were developed was to give girls a place where they can compete and develop as athletes.  If you start loading the field with people that were born male, they will no longer be competitive.