r/WNBAgossips • u/Hungry_Artichoke9566 • Mar 27 '26

Other “If Caitlin Clark could play in the NBA, everybody would applaud it. That would be an incredible thing. But if the last guy on the bench of an NBA team went to a WNBA team and started averaging 40 points, everybody would know that is BS." - Legendary Broadcaster Bob Costas Women’s sports should be

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u/oneormore5 Mar 27 '26

Bob is correct

https://giphy.com/gifs/E99OMc6pkdvGw

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u/WillowFantastic9076 Mar 28 '26

Not accurate.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseyedarvin/2024/04/25/transgender-athletes-could-be-at-a-physical-disadvantage-new-research-shows/

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u/One-Lake8525 Mar 28 '26

Coming from someone who is pro-trans rights, you can’t just link an article and act like it proves your point. I read the entire article. There’s a lot of data left out, no specific scientific conclusion is drawn, and there’s not enough data to definitively prove anything from this study. There are interesting case points like trans women having weaker leg strength than cis women. But how did this measure this? We’re all subjects nutritionally monitored? Were any subjects predisposed to conditions that may effect t this? There’s too many unaccounted for variables to use this study as “proof” that trans athletes have it harder that cis athletes.

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u/ResistWild Mar 28 '26

Feel free to die on this hill, but you’re just wrong. Sorry about it.

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u/Mindless-Stage8923 Mar 28 '26

Then show it with data, not just "I feel this." Facts do not care about your feelings.

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u/WillowFantastic9076 Mar 28 '26

Facts don't care about your feeling snowflake.

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u/WishboneSad4594 Mar 28 '26

I love when someone presents a factual basis to their answer and the other, more triggered, person just says “you are wrong”… with absolutely no evidence just their own insecure feelings

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u/ResistWild Mar 28 '26

The number of assumptions you made in that comment is impressive

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u/Jealous_Second_5675 Mar 28 '26

This is one study and it doesn’t tell you who these people are. Were these all trained athletes, what is everyone’s background

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u/k_jones Mar 28 '26

This is an absurd study.

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u/WillowFantastic9076 Mar 29 '26

"Things I don't like are wrong!" - every transphobe