FA to ban men from womens football

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Sanity is starting to prevail.

yeah, always the same arguments:

'this issue doesn't affect many people... it follows that "my side" must be given everything that it demands, the full list, in its entirety'.

work that one out.

This stat is not correct, either. WRN/FPfW established that last year, it was 72 men cleared to compete in women's football.

It is. I’m so relieved the ruling went as it did.

We’d be in a bad place if it didn’t, I know I shouldn’t bother thinking of that but sometimes do.

The radio isn’t the best medium for some speaking on this.

I mean for them that is.

More good news. Hopefully people are starting to see the endless whining from this tiny group of men that society has emboldened to breach women's boundaries. 😑

I might have complained at the BBC News headline that was all about trans women being banned from playing in women’s football and the subsequent clip of some TW whinging about it. But he sounded so male and so annoyingly self pitying, I thought it would make some people stop and think.

Did anyone catch the bbc one o'clock news on the TV.

Dan Roan, bbc sports correspondent, said '... transwomen - biological males- blah blah blah'.
He'd not have been able to call that out explicitly before I think?

To be honest I’ve just complimented the BBC website for accurately saying they have been barred from “women’s football.” An improvement from pre-SC when they would have just said “football.”

I know it’s not perfect but the change in language is in the right direction and I prefer the carrot to the stick approach.

Good to read this.

Not the thread to list the other things about football, women's and men's that I would like to see change.

I think Justin Webb got into trouble at some point on similar

While shopping online for a third surrogate child?

Fantastic! What a good news day. Football and netball. And no one’s being excluded. Men can play in men’s or mixed categories. No unfairness to anyone.

There never had been any unfairness to men (including transwomen) — all the unfairness was to women and girls.

Ironic, yes, you do wonder if they can actually hear what they’re saying.

Of course the safety, let alone comfort, of women is too irrelevant to mention.

The science hasn't changed.... nor has the law.. the FA statement terrible. This is about protecting women not sanctioning men.

The FA has consistently refused to speak to women on this matter and has issued harsh penalties to players who have questioned the rules.

We can only hope that some conversations are happening where the decision makers come to the understanding that this is the right thing to do and somehow manage to influence FIFA to make the same changes.

Great interview, from a former SFA woman.

The DT is reporting the ECB is expected to announce the same tomorrow thank goodness.

Had a tad of a smile reading "In a move welcomed by the Prime Minister, the Football Association (FA) confirmed it was stopping those born male from playing in the women’s game" - the same PM who also said women can have a penis.

Fantastic article from Oliver Brown in the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/3e6cbd781b8d1ae5

Natalie has just been interviewed on bbc radio Scotland.
Honestly, talk about operation Let Them Speak!
Natalie just whined for the whole interview!

Indeed.

About time

DH just got home and said this.

He was listening to TalkSport on the drive home from work and said them introducing "Francesca" who then proceeded to sound very male, will have undermined everything they were saying.

This is very good. Thanks for the share token.

She hasn't had any kind of apology yet

Sharron Davies being wonderful on PM. What a phenomenon she is.

Anyone else listening to PM on R4 now? I didn’t catch who’s talking, is it Sharron Davies? She’s brilliant. I want to cheer!