Excellent article, thank you. Can NGBs be separate for Male and Female sports perhaps? It's too easy for an NGB to prioritise Mens sport and neglect to consider policy implications on Women. Or possibly a Female athlete union of sorts, if that doesn't sound too much like communism for a US audience 🙂
I do not think that there is anything stopping anyone from organizing separate NGBs for males and females in a particular sport, but it would take a lot of money and convincing those who now go along with one NGB for males and females in a sport to break ranks and support single sex NGBs. Also, I have no idea how the the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, which is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as who is authorized to select US athletes who can participate in the Olympics, could be convinced to charter separate male and female NGBs for a particular sport. There is a lot of money and prestige that is on the line for a change like this and there would be a lot of well-heeled opposition to it.
Excellent article, thank you. Can NGBs be separate for Male and Female sports perhaps? It's too easy for an NGB to prioritise Mens sport and neglect to consider policy implications on Women. Or possibly a Female athlete union of sorts, if that doesn't sound too much like communism for a US audience 🙂
I do not think that there is anything stopping anyone from organizing separate NGBs for males and females in a particular sport, but it would take a lot of money and convincing those who now go along with one NGB for males and females in a sport to break ranks and support single sex NGBs. Also, I have no idea how the the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, which is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as who is authorized to select US athletes who can participate in the Olympics, could be convinced to charter separate male and female NGBs for a particular sport. There is a lot of money and prestige that is on the line for a change like this and there would be a lot of well-heeled opposition to it.
Interesting thesis, and liked the timeline.
Use of NGB throughout made it a little jargon-filled and the thesis became etoliated… shorten and focus may make it more powerful.
Hopes this succeeds. Indeed things are awful in Canada: the trans lobby is strong. But the US can be an example!