Let’s cut right to the truth: MAGA’s scaremongering about trans women in women’s sports is another shiny object that does not require a big-government “remedy.” It’s just another MAGA way of persecuting a small, vulnerable minority while hiding behind a marquee of superficial “reasonableness.”

It is competitive sports itself, not government, that identifies and addresses allegations of unfair competition. It is the Olympic Committee, the NCAA, or the like which ban unfair performance enhancement practices.

It is these committees that prohibit unfair practices such as steroid use or blood doping. There are even existing rules that come very close already to addressing this kind of alleged performance enhancement: “Common examples of PEDs [performance enhancing drugs] include anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, anti-estrogen drugs, and many types of stimulants.” Any truly unfair competitive advantages gained in this arena are either addressable by existing competitive rules or can be addressed by minor modifications to rules governing fair competition.

MAGA’s efforts to involve big government in these is nothing more than persecution and marginalization that pretends to appeal to “fairness” – a ref-working game that MAGA has been playing for over 30 years.

So, let’s keep a reality-based perspective by remembering who really is in charge of ensuring fair competition. Let competitive sports and science work it out for themselves, together. To the extent that legitimate concerns might exist, they can be addressed using non-discriminatory and non-marginalizing rule changes.