No more men’s and women’s league, no more “gender eligibility” requirements, a common dresscode, same standards and rules for all.

Edit: since it looks like people missing the word let: the suggestion isn’t to force desegregation. It’s to allow it or even make it the default. Someone else made a good suggestion: segregate by attributes specific to the sport. In boxing it’s weight class, in basketball it could be height, in biking it could even be doped and non doped. Sex and gender need not be the very first thing to segregate by.

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
    381·
    2 months ago

    Same dress code, standards and rules absolutely - regardless if competition is split or not.
    Same competition definitely for some sports - chess and shooting come to mind.

    More physical sports - I’m undecided there. I’d support everyone competing together if for example weight categories are introduced. You don’t want people of widely different physical build competing together, it’s not fun either to watch or play.

    • atro_city@fedia.ioOP
      167·
      2 months ago

      That’s already how it works. 80kg boxers don’t compete against 100kg boxers, division 1 teams don’t compete against division 5 teams.

      It just means that some teams will be mixed. We might even be surprised at how many teams will be mixed.

      • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
        18·
        2 months ago

        I don’t want to see a 80kg male boxing against a 80kg female. I already know how that is going to end.

        • atro_city@fedia.ioOP
          11·
          2 months ago

          No, you don’t. You haven’t seen it yet. Nor do you know how 100 or 1000 such matches would end.

          It’s also fine if you don’t want to see it. No one is going to force you too.

        • Fondots@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          It was good enough for the ancient Greeks

          Probably boost viewership a good bit

          More environmentally friendly, no micro plastics from the synthetic fabrics

          Avoids the inevitable arguments about which teams uniforms are too revealing or look stupid or whatever

          One less expense for the smaller/less well-funded teams to worry about, and harder to argue that one team has an advantage because they have better equipment

          Probably would scare away some of the prudish religious assholes, good riddance.

          Sucks to be you if you play a winter sport though.