2024 Paris Olympics

[tower912]

I'm a good human because I play a lot of mixed Pickleball. #equality

How dare we speak Merry Christmas?!?!

Mixed?  One other non-geriatric player?   Two 80 year olds across the net?

[Hards Alumni]

Mixed?  One other non-geriatric player?   Two 80 year olds across the net?

Put em in a blender

[Tyler COLEk]

The U.S Mens 3x3 bball team is a national disgrace.

[Tyler COLEk]

The U.S Mens 3x3 bball team has restored national glory after defeating France and moving to 1-3.

[CreightonWarrior]

Regan Smith the Silver Queen

[The Sultan]

Really wish the swimmer Wang Shun would have won that gold. That would have been an all time dad joke.

[Hards Alumni]

Really wish the swimmer Wang Shun would have won that gold. That would have been an all time dad joke.

Ah, well at least everybody will have fun tonight.

[MU82]

https://x.com/Simone_Biles/status/1819284274224173147

[tower912]

Really wish the swimmer Wang Shun would have won that gold. That would have been an all time dad joke.

Would have had fun tonight.

[pbiflyer]

For our friends to the northwest:
Accurate
https://x.com/AJBayatpour/status/1819443849233653943

[rocket surgeon]

so sully, do you think it's ok for men to compete(beat up) in women's sports? 

  the whole locker room issue is another punch above the belt

oh yeah, "i'll identify as a woman" today would be the response of many male teens going thru puberty today,  what the heck eyn'a?  the worst they can say is nope

[Hards Alumni]

[wadesworld]

so sully, do you think it's ok for men to compete(beat up) in women's sports? 

  the whole locker room issue is another punch above the belt

oh yeah, "i'll identify as a woman" today would be the response of many male teens going thru puberty today,  what the heck eyn'a?  the worst they can say is nope

How many males are getting sex changes to compete in women's sports?

[Pakuni]

so sully, do you think it's ok for men to compete(beat up) in women's sports? 

Why are you propagating this lie?

oh yeah, "i'll identify as a woman" today would be the response of many male teens going thru puberty today,  what the heck eyn'a?  the worst they can say is nope

What kind of teenage boys are you hanging out with?

[MuggsyB]

Good grief. Will we ever field a decent USMNT?  Smh. 

[jficke13]

so sully, do you think it's ok for men to compete(beat up) in women's sports? 

  the whole locker room issue is another punch above the belt

oh yeah, "i'll identify as a woman" today would be the response of many male teens going thru puberty today,  what the heck eyn'a?  the worst they can say is nope

If there's one thing I know about teenage boys, they love for people to think they're queer when they aren't. No doubt the boys locker rooms are empty because so many of them are falling all over each other to claim a trans identity for themselves in the hopes of seeing a boob, which is famously not a thing that teenage boys can find in any other way save for the scenario you've imagined in your head.

[Galway Eagle]

If there's one thing I know about teenage boys, they love for people to think they're queer when they aren't. No doubt the boys locker rooms are empty because so many of them are falling all over each other to claim a trans identity for themselves in the hopes of seeing a boob, which is famously not a thing that teenage boys can find in any other way save for the scenario you've imagined in your head.

https://youtu.be/EtVAzgq37ec?si=gGDbiZhJ5eO6jjF2

[pbiflyer]

Good grief. Will we ever field a decent USMNT?  Smh.

In fairness it is the U23 team. But that certainly does not bode well for the future.
On a positive note, USWNT are kicking butt, lead by Lindsay Horan. I used to work with her mom, before she retired to follow her daughter.

[tower912]

In fairness it is the U23 team. But that certainly does not bode well for the future.
On a positive note, USWNT are kicking butt, lead by Lindsay Horan. I used to work with her mom, before she retired to follow her daughter.

With unlimited funds?

[MuggsyB]

With unlimited funds?

Our men's ⚽️ team is a steaming/unmitigated disaster Tower.  And I don't buy this bshiiite that it's because our best athletes play other sports.   I would do more than tweak the entire system.  Morocco??  WTF?  We're not preserving lemons, nor is this a tagine chicken contest with homemade harissa and couscous.   Are we even among the top 15 teams in the world?  Ridiculous. 

[tower912]

I was referring to retired mother Horan following her daughter around. A nod to your rando thread of the day.

[MuggsyB]

I was referring to retired mother Horan following her daughter around. A nod to your rando thread of the day.

Oh....I guess I missed that.  Anyway, I'm very disappointed. 

[forgetful]

1. Trans women in sports is a complex issue that requires a reasonable balance between allowing equal opportunity and competing on a reasonably level playing field. Most American and international sports governing bodies have, and continue to, review the science and work with experts to establish rules that create this balance.

2. A large number, if not the vast majority, of those who want to ban trans athletes over "the rights of women" don't actually care about the rights of women or women's sports. The Venn diagram between these people and those who support Dobbs and complain about Title IX is awfully close to a circle.

3. None of this is relevant to the outright falsehoods and hatred being spewed by the right toward Imane Khelif and Lin Yu Tin.

This is the correct response and is spot on.

Number 1 should be reviewed regularly by those who are adamant against the participation of trans individuals in sports.

[The Sultan]

so sully, do you think it's ok for men to compete(beat up) in women's sports? 

No. Why would you think I do?

[The Sultan]

In fairness it is the U23 team. But that certainly does not bode well for the future.
On a positive note, USWNT are kicking butt, lead by Lindsay Horan. I used to work with her mom, before she retired to follow her daughter.

But isn't this basically a JV level U23 team? A lot of our U23s played in the Copa and/or weren't released by their clubs to participate.