“Just isn’t fair”: O.J. Simpson shares his thoughts on transgender athletes, and some saw it as “very disappointing”

.The former Bills running back and a sports icon turned one of the most controversial figures in modern history, O.J. Simpson, says it is unfair for transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.

O.J. Simpson thinks like the majority of Americans

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The former NFL star talked about the burning issues on his social media. He agrees with most Americans who do not think transgender athletes should be competing outside their birth gender.

The numbers are rising 

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The latest Gallup poll says that 69% of U.S. adults believe transgender athletes should play against those with the same biological gender as opposed to the one they identify as.

The verdict

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The former football star wrote a caption, “Sport is about honor.” He said in a video, “Just isn’t fair. If you’re born a male or born a female, I don’t think it’s fair in sports to have them competing against one another.”

One solution 

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He added, “Give them their own category. Let the trans compete against trans, the female against the females, and the male against the males.”

Simpson on Tyson

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He continued, “A senator in South Carolina stated, ‘What if Mike Tyson decides to identify as female?’ Are you going to let him box women? I don’t think so.”

Personal angle 

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Simpson then shared, “I’m a golfer, and trust me, you could take probably the 350th rated male golfer, now that we know women are making all this money, but if he decides that he wants to identify as a female, trust me he would probably be a top ten female golfer.”

O.J. also had a solution

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The retired athlete shared. “Why don’t you treat it like the marathon? Let everyone compete, but when it’s over, have a category for female, a category for male, and a category for transgender.” Simpson’s comments were a response to comments made by soccer star Megan Rapinoe.

He is all about compromise

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O.J. said, “There’s a subject that I tried to stay out of, but here lately, it’s hard to avoid. I saw Megan Rapinoe say that she would love to be competing against transgender women, and look, I’m all for it. Look, you be whatever you want to be. To me, it doesn’t really matter.”

Some disagreed for various reasons

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Under the Twitter post, one person wrote to Simpson, “There are two reasons this suggestion does not work. 1.) Not all transwomen are built and super strong, especially those who transition before or even during puberty. 2.) There aren’t that many transwomen who are top athletes.” Another joked, “Every time this man makes a video, I swear I think it’s an SNL skit.”

People kept responses vague

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Several people wrote they were disappointed, though they did not clarify why. For example, this person replied, “Was a big fan of him until he came out with this. Honestly, very disappointing from the Juice.” Simpson earned the nickname “Juice” as a play on “O.J.,” an abbreviation for orange juice.

The statement that sparked O.J.’s thoughts

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Megan Rapinoe told Time Magazine the U.S. has “weaponized” women’s sports against trans people adding, “We as a country are trying to legislate away people’s full humanity.”

Rapinoe wants proof 

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Rapinoe, who announced she would be retiring from women’s soccer this year, continued, “Show me all the trans people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans in sports. It’s just not happening.”

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