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There's enough biological diversity that fairness is basically an illusion anyway. I don't care enough about sports to have a strong opinion. I think it's fine to say giving up competitive sports is a cost of gender transition. I might think it's also fine to let trans athletes compete except I would hate it if the women's league became the trans league or if poor young kids felt pressure to transition in order to compete at a higher level and get life-changing scholarships or even a professional career.
Is that a legitimate fear? Maybe not. At the end of the day, I rarely watch sports. I would support letting them compete and seeing if it is a problem before passing laws to fix issues that don't actually exist.
Yeah, I agree. This is a take I rarely see. And it's just... a choice lots of kids make regardless of their gender identity for lots of social or physical reasons. I've known people who had accidents, then pulled out of it for fear of permanent physical harm. Lots of people also would love to play, but physically are unable to due to a too much/too little body mass for that sport. You can't be a football offensive lineman if you weigh 120lbs and are 5'2". My nephew spent years training for baseball and was very good, but he physically wasn't large enough to be competitive, so he had to give it up.
The notion that one MUST be able to play competitive sports is so... bizarre to me. If they can compete, great. But if they are wiping the floor with their peers because of their physical advantages... they should probably be playing as a man w/ men. And that's not unprecedented. We had a few larger/stronger women play with boys when I was growing up and everyone was cool with it.