Did anything I say have anything at all to do with academics?

Yes. In America – the country which the Democrats are a political faction of – the only places where government has standing to regulate the specifics of sport as such are in those leagues attached to schools. Professional and recreational leagues are only governed by employment and public-access law.

~(You’re free to, say, create a private club that allows only white men and play whatever games you want. You just won’t get any tax breaks or liability protection, and would have a hard time renting stadiums or selling coverage of your matches)~

And since you decided to focus only on the trans issue in my comment I should remind you the thrust of my argument was in regards to Democrats putting identity politics before good governance

I’m sorry, I thought my position on the matter was clearly While you may have a valid point regarding the democratic party’s over-reliance on identity based anti-bigotry and their messaging to non-aligned voters, the sole supporting example you provided of either was phrased in a way that I found so odious and wrong-headed as to render whatever else you said irrelevant.

Throwing minorities under the bus is neither good governance nor good politics. Especially when said minority is facing prohibitions so ornerous that they could be fairly described as genocidal.

~(Although genocide is not strictly possible for any LGBTQ+ letter since trans and queer humans have existed for as long as humans have and would reappar naturally even if you killed every last living example.)~