CanyonLakeAgbu said:
Why can't the olympics and other sporting leagues just have three divisions? Mens, Womens, and Transitioners. Are they afraid that the ratings will fall about as bad as the ice skater making it's competitive debut the other day?
No offense but this is a terrible idea. There would just be Men, Men who are not good enough, and Women.
Also, this would eventually trickle down to the college and HS ranks. Most Div1 Athletics programs already operate in the red, this will make it worse. Also, Title IX would require equal funding. So now it's split 3 ways instead of 2. This will just kill more men's sports (did you know Iowa State has not had a men's Baseball team since the early 2000's! Thinks about that). Many HS's are cutting programs because of a lack of funding. This will make it worse. HS's also can't find officials to work games. Adding more games will make it worse.
If this happened you will see is kids' sports go exclusively private which will push out the lower income students from participating.