Because they say stuff like “but Michael Phelps and Lebron James” and “what about the men why are they not tested for T”.

No, that is what the ignorant pro-Caster that think Phelps long arms and Men needed to be tested for T are actually arguments and not nonsense are basically arguing.

Of course he is not the first person to have an opinion on something he knows nothing about because this is stupid and men are tested for T levels and when they pop it makes sports news.

Hey, genius learn what words mean if you going to try to insult.

Semenya is not trans. She is DSD. M to F Trans athletes are required to be on hormone treatment for a year before they are eligible to compete in women’s sports. 

Do you want women to participate in sports or are you one of those dudes that make WNBA jokes? To answer your questions

The 5 nmol/L would apply to anyone in the Woman’s restricted races. That limit was chosen because every XX woman ever tested was below this level. 99.9 of XX women test under 3.08 and the average at the Words was .67 for XX women.

When there is a 12'6" player than that would be the equivalent.

Because that’s not the entire context. Semenya has more than double the T of every tested XX women ever. 3 times the 99.9 percentile of XX women tested. 

YES, males are tested for T.

This is deadspin that shows over and over and over again they have no clue what the NCAA actually does and what powers they have. They want the NCAA everywhere doing everything on every college campus but then complain the NFL might suspend a woman and baby beatter.

It’s not even a correct statement by DS. Semenya does not have higher levels of T than most women. She has over twice the levels of T than all XX women that have ever been tested.

If you want women’s sports you must have a way to discriminate who does and who does not qualify. So yes I think T is the best of bad options. The line the IAAF has proposed here is higher than every XX female that has ever been tested. It is almost 60 percent higher than the 99.9 percentile of women T levels. It’s 7…

Sure but it does not stop you from being an ignorant and arrogant blowhard.

Having two divisions has to be enough. I feel bad for Semenya and others that have hyperandrogenism but there is not enough of them nor enough interest to build a financially viable 3rd division*. If she wants to compete against the men awesome best of luck. But, yeah there will be people screwed in any decision you…

Because not a single female would be able to compete. Over a thousand high school boys in just the US have beat the Woman’s world record in the 100 meters. You can change that to ten’s of thousands for the least convtervosial time.

You are making an assumption that rational thought and human decency are the same in this case. What is the purpose of women’s sports? To me, it is a place for biological females to compete against other biological females to see who is the fastest strongest most endured that way females can have a chance to compete…

As far as arbitrary lines go I would say being over what every single XX female has tested for even at the most extreme plus half of what the average competitor tests at seems like a pretty fair line.

It’s because PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome) is listed under hyperandrogenism. This will make almost the entirety of those with the label.

No there will not NOW be baselines because baselines have existed for T since the first anti-doping rules went into effect. Yes, HGH levels are tested for. Samples were taken for HGH years before there was an effective HGH test available.