Laurel Hubbard
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@rembrandt when I was a kid, I used to pretend I was John Kirwan, alas no surgery would have helped my lack of speed and skills!
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@majorrage said in Laurel Hubbard:
@raznomore said in Laurel Hubbard:
Hubbard knows she is exploiting her male attributes to compete.
No different to Serena Williams
I wrote this as a joke ... but I've been thinking about it, and perhaps this is really what this is all about.
Nahhhhhh... fuck that. Born with a fluffybunny, your a chick, born with a schlong, your a dude. Sport is separated into man vs womans because, and lets face it this is something you can't say anymore but it's the truth, MEN ARE SUPERIOR TO WOMAN.
SJW's, snowflakes fuck off ... it's as simple as the above 5 words (when it comes to physicality)
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@MajorRage in all seriousness, this is how Serena fared against a man:
1998: Karsten Braasch vs. the Williams sisters[edit]
Another event dubbed a "Battle of the Sexes" took place during the 1998 Australian Open[51] between Karsten Braasch and the Williams sisters. Venus and Serena Williams had claimed that they could beat any male player ranked outside the world's top 200, so Braasch, then ranked 203rd, challenged them both. Braasch was described by one journalist as "a man whose training regime centered around a pack of cigarettes and more than a couple bottles of ice cold lager".[52][51] The matches took place on court number 12 in Melbourne Park,[53] after Braasch had finished a round of golf and two shandies. He first took on Serena and after leading 5–0, beat her 6–1. Venus then walked on court and again Braasch was victorious, this time winning 6–2.[54] Braasch said afterwards, "500 and above, no chance". He added that he had played like someone ranked 600th in order to keep the game "fun".[55] Braasch said the big difference was that men can chase down shots much easier, and that men put spin on the ball that the women can't handle. The Williams sisters adjusted their claim to beating men outside the top 350.[51] -
@majorrage said in Laurel Hubbard:
@majorrage said in Laurel Hubbard:
@raznomore said in Laurel Hubbard:
Hubbard knows she is exploiting her male attributes to compete.
No different to Serena Williams
I wrote this as a joke ... but I've been thinking about it, and perhaps this is really what this is all about.
Nahhhhhh... fuck that. Born with a fluffybunny, your a chick, born with a schlong, your a dude. Sport is separated into man vs womans because, and lets face it this is something you can't say anymore but it's the truth, MEN ARE SUPERIOR TO WOMAN.
SJW's, snowflakes fuck off ... it's as simple as the above 5 words (when it comes to physicality)
They can gripe about it all they want. It isn't sexist saying that. It's fact.
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@no-quarter Michelle Wie tried her hand on the Mens Golf Tour...
Performances in men's events[edit]
Despite the publicity her appearances garnered, Wie made only one cut in a men's tournament: at the rain-shortened 2006 SK Telecom Open on the Asian Tour. She made no cuts on the PGA Tour. After missing the cut at the 2007 Sony Open by 14 shots, many sports critics began to doubt whether she ever would.[74] Wie's last appearance in a men's professional event was at the 2008 Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, an alternate event on the PGA Tour. Wie shot rounds of 73 and 80, missing the cut by nine strokes.[75]
Sure she could kick my arse (and I'd let her
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@rembrandt said in Laurel Hubbard:
I think I read somewhere that women have the advantage in ultra-long distance running ie 100kms+. Something about fat stores I think
I heard it's long-distance endurance swimming, crossing English Channel, Great Lakes, etc. It's a blubber-thing.
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The Obscure Ultra-Endurance Sport Women Are Quietly Dominating
The Obscure Ultra-Endurance Sport Women Are Quietly Dominating
An intriguing twist on an old theory about extreme endurance events.
(Like I said - it's all about the blubber.)
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@salacious-crumb said in Laurel Hubbard:
(Like I said - it's all about the blubber.)
Finally a sport my body is designed to excel in
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There are not many womens sports that genuinely amaze me. Gymnastics, figure-skating, diving.... basically where judges do scoring and it's never a disadvantage to looking super-hot 'n' sexy when you move. I think that's it.
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not sure this is about being open minded...being open minded is accepting 'her' choice to become a woman, which is totally different to accepting 'her' decision to compete in a female event, given for 35 of the 39 years on this earth were spent as a man (or, I guess as a woman trapped in a mans body)
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@taniwharugby said in Laurel Hubbard:
not sure this is about being open minded...being open minded is accepting 'her' choice to become a woman, which is totally different to accepting 'her' decision to compete in a female event, given for 35 of the 39 years on this earth were spent as a man (or, I guess as a woman trapped in a mans body)
Which one's which?
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I don't think people should be blaming Laurel for wanting to compete. It's just human nature that people will try to compete if they are allowed to even if they have what is deemed to be an unfair advantage.
It just really stretches belief that an average male weightlifter becomes transgender and is all of a sudden one of the best female weightlifters, yet has gained no advantage from the transition.
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@hydro11 yup, for sure, my scorn is directed towards the cowardly sporting bodies that allow it lest they cause outrage.
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Agreed. You can't blame people following the rules.
The gutless idiots making the rules, not so much.
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I actually 100% agree. You can’t honestly look at yourself and say that’s a fair cop for other competitors - despite the fact that you’ve been living in the wrong body your life. Coach, help, whatever, but your not fair competition, sadly.
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Cant remember if it was discussed on the fern ,
But was big news here in melbourne ,
Trans gender woman was rejected from playing in the womens AFL league ,
I think for the average person on the street , alarm bells went off with her size , 190 cm 100 kilos
Throwing that into the mix with the girls could be a recipe for disaster in contact sport ,
saw footage of her playing ,might not be PC, but looks like a dude , runs like a dude ,
AFL blocks transgender footballer from AFLW
League makes call on Hannah Mouncey ahead of women's draft
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@rembrandt said in Laurel Hubbard:
Well I also blame Laurel. She knows she has a massive unfair advantage and is cheating other girls out of their hard earned dreams. The gentlemanly (sue me) thing to do would be not compete and maybe go into coaching or something.
I agree to a point, but at the same time rules are rules and if you allow something then don't be surprised when people exploit it. If it's not Laurel then it's the transgender UFC fighter, or the transgender AFL player @kiwiinmelb mentions - not such an issue there because the AFL appears to have some bloody common sense.
