Sometimes It's Just Too Much!!!

As a golf addict, I came across the following article. It depicts how someone born a man, had a career as a police officer, suddenly decided he wanted to be a woman.  But it doesn't end there, as he also decided he ,or he/she, is entitled to play in LPGA (Ladies Pro Golfers Association) tournaments.  Why?  Because he/she feels it is his/her right!

Even in an age of "political correctness", how is it politically correct that an individual born with testes (which produce testosterone, a critical component of both muscle and bone mass growth) can be allowed to suddenly decide he wants to compete in an athletic arena reserved for women?   And how absurd is it for the LPGA to cave in to the wants and desires of one individual, when it's charter dictates a fiduciary duty to a all the rest of the "true" gendered women golfers.  How does the LPGA decide that they have to cowtow to one whose gender is at least a question, while ignoring 99.9% of it's membership that are, in fact, women.

This is a shameful cave-in by the LPGA.  Where does it stop?  Allowing a 50+ year transgender is one thing.  But if that decision opens the door to teen transgendersr, 20 year old transgenders, 30 year

 old transgenders...etc. All of a sudden thoe stats will start to skew, and decidedly in favor of former dudes and against real women.  You just cannot fight genetics and hormonal advantages when men who were born men compete against women  who were born women.

Why the fuss?  Golf is quite a unique sport for women, wherein many juvenile athletes pursaue the sport as a way to gain scholarship opportunities to major universities, opportunities usually set aside for men ompeting in major sports such as football, basketball, and baseball.  Outside the aforementioned money sports, the scholarships available to all individuals is quite limited, and this fact is especially true for women athletes.  The revenue afforded women sports just does not compare.  So to allow a redefining of what constitutes a "woman" based on one rogue plaintiff's desires is tantamount to shifting the entire structure of a sport that effects women athletes from junior to professional level. 

The LPGA's decision cannot stand unchallenged,  What is next?   The author of this posting all of a sudden decides he wants unrestricted access to competition and, more importantly, shower rights to the women's figure skating team?

As Ralph Kramden would say....Hardy, Har, Har

Full Article:  http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-lpga-transgender