I don't know. Is it? I legitimately don't know, and while I don't have time to read through all 20 pages of this thread, posters on the first page were saying that it can't completely take away that physiological advantage. If that's wrong and HRT would undo the physiological advantage of being a male athlete upon transitioning into a woman, then you're right that the point is moot.
Maybe she has an advantage? But it doesn't seem to be bigger than the advantage from other naturally tall/better built girls. Hell, it doesn't seem to be bigger than the advantage from other not as tall girls; individual variance here is more important, and what are you gonna do against individual genetical variance? That is, by definition, unfair.
Right, but even if her time is comparable to other girls, does she not still have a higher physiological baseline from being born a man? I wasn't saying that if I was a woman, I would be the fastest woman in the state, but that I would be in the top 10 or 20 or whatever, and perform significantly better than if I were running in the men's race.
"She would be beaten soundly in the men's division but performs better in the women's division" is kind of my point. But like I said, I don't know what, if any, workaround there would be to this anyway.
She is not cleaning up -which is what you said-. She has had some success in the 200m race, but that advantage got erased as she moved to state wide competition, where she is performing on female level. On female level on Alaska.
Unless your standards for "cleaning up" is third place. In which case, lol.
So what do you want? That she performs as an _average_ girl? If you look at her record, she is indistinguishable from other girls that perform well.
No, while there are clear cases on way or the other that show exceptional cis males or females. without eliminating male/female leagues, and letting everyone compete together (like some poster suggests), you have to deal with averages. On average males do have physical advantages.
Puberty, and when/if they do HRT are variables outside of those averages. A 4'9"-5'3" born male is extremely rare compared to born female
Again I ask:
And Im asking from a general overall perspective. Not ever person who transition is 4'9", and has been on HRT for 5 years (or before puberty).
Im fine with the IOC guideline, but not everyone can/does meet that who may want to compete (especially at a High School level) so where do they fit in?
At the high school level is more complex because not everyone starts treatment at the same time, the school may not want to enter a dispute on who is or not trans, who is under treatment, etc. Of course, it is still also complex if you take out transgirls from the competition, since different girls will have different rates of growth, height, weight, muscle mass. Individual variance is p great even without trans people in the equation, but somehow you don't see the parents in the news complaining against taller girls.
Which is why the school ain't entering that discussion and is just saying "if she is registered as female, she can compete as female". There are legal ramifications they don't want to enter which do not apply to the olympics committee.
In time, as there's growing acceptance of trans people, more girls will start transition earlier, and thus advantages like height, bone structure, etc, will be reduced. There may be some corner cases, at the high school level, but again, it is not what we are seeing here.