I understand where you're coming from. I really do.

guess what. I kinda sorta feel like I should have been born a fish. I'm thinking of having my feet surgically webbed. Nice side effect is that I swim faster. Should I be allowed to qualify for Kona?

Silly, I know. But this situation is a slippery slope. I stand by my original post. Kid can't wrestle. Although if she's a boy, feels like a boy, identifies as a boy, then wrestle the boys. If that is not an option, than don't wrestle. don't wrestle girls because that's the only option. Just don't wrestle. Is not wrestling a life threatening condition? Lots of other things in life to get into a tizzy over.

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I agree, about lots of other things in life to get excited about, but that sounds kind of ironic in a triathlon forum where we have endless discussions about saddle heights and all sorts of other things 99 percent of the population couldn't care less about. But here we are.

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Yeah, you really don't get where I am coming from....you still feel the problem is the kid...so let's come up with even more extreme examples so that we can feel better about preventing a kid from wrestling, when the problem is clearly with the state athletic association.

Just let him wrestle the boys...which he wants to do. But of course then all those boys parents are gonna whine about having to touch an icky transgender person.

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Try this perspective. The child, and most definitely the child's parents should have known better than to have him/her wrestle with girls. That is the problem I have. So yes, the child and the child's parents are the problem.

They want to wrestle. Fine. But how far does the athletic association have to go to satisfy the WANTS (not needs ) of a small percentage of athletes?

As far as boys not wanting to touch an icky transgender person...that's their problem. If they don't like it, tough.

In closing, I agree that the athletic association should allow her/him to wrestle boys. They are a problem for not allowing this.

But at present time, that isn't possible, and the child decided to wrestle girls...which I think is wrong...until they can wrestle boys, don't wrestle.

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Drop title 9. Have one sport team the best person is varsity.

What if a boy decides to wrestle in the girls division. Do you fell the same about it ? If so why not just have a single team, the best person is varsity