Fairness and Transgender Eligibility in Women’s Sport
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What is fairness in sport? The popular imagination has been gripped by the image of transgender athletes in women’s sport, but not enough attention has been given to understanding what constitutes fairness in sport. Who plays the game has less intrinsic importance to sport than many have assumed.
Fairness primarily signifies that no one cheats. Pure procedural fairness has nothing to do with the closeness of competition or the outcome. This aspect of fairness has the most intrinsic importance for sport because it springs from the same source as the game itself.