• yassoori [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Plenty of sports competitions are divided by weight and age.

    • Shmyt [he/him,any]
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      4 years ago

      I mean every single one of these at once, as hyperbole to show why there's no such thing as an absolutely equal footing for competition.

      I know many sports are divided further, I've competed in some like wrestling, swimming, and hockey that were divided to different degrees, but there was never anything close to a real level playing field as gender and weight and age even combined weren't enough to outweigh massive advantages like family wealth, height and reach, professional training/facility qualities, or time in the sport.