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The league needs to figure out very quickly how big is "big enough" and come up with a final number, so that it does not become as dysfunctionally crowded as MLS.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The league needs to figure out very quickly how big is "big enough" and come up with a final number, so that it does not become as dysfunctionally crowded as MLS.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promoti...
Time to discuss promotion and relegation, for the largest health of the sport in decade(s) to come…
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Time to discuss promotion and relegation, for the largest health of the sport in decade(s) to come…
One can support males who want to cosplay femininity without compromising female-only spaces.
If a single woman says "no" to a male in her single-sex spaces, will the UUA tell her that her consent does not matter?
No one can consent for another, and no decent person would violate female consent.
If a single woman says "no" to a male in her single-sex spaces, will the UUA tell her that her consent does not matter?
No one can consent for another, and no decent person would violate female consent.
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
One can support males who want to cosplay femininity without compromising female-only spaces.
If a single woman says "no" to a male in her single-sex spaces, will the UUA tell her that her consent does not matter?
No one can consent for another, and no decent person would violate female consent.
If a single woman says "no" to a male in her single-sex spaces, will the UUA tell her that her consent does not matter?
No one can consent for another, and no decent person would violate female consent.
The fastest way out I see for Berman is a quiet deal among owners to (a) spread the cost of (b) not renewing current 5ARD male players' contracts, (c) distributed among all teams for the next several years.
Waiting on the IOC or FIFA to solve this for NWSL via CONCACAF would take longer.
Waiting on the IOC or FIFA to solve this for NWSL via CONCACAF would take longer.
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The fastest way out I see for Berman is a quiet deal among owners to (a) spread the cost of (b) not renewing current 5ARD male players' contracts, (c) distributed among all teams for the next several years.
Waiting on the IOC or FIFA to solve this for NWSL via CONCACAF would take longer.
Waiting on the IOC or FIFA to solve this for NWSL via CONCACAF would take longer.
Is Berman hoping she can bluff this out long enough for these males to cycle out of their current contracts?
Is she hoping that IOC or FIFA will institute global sex-verification to save her these dangers?
www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign...
The league has dug itself a huge hole here, a grave?
Is she hoping that IOC or FIFA will institute global sex-verification to save her these dangers?
www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign...
The league has dug itself a huge hole here, a grave?
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Is Berman hoping she can bluff this out long enough for these males to cycle out of their current contracts?
Is she hoping that IOC or FIFA will institute global sex-verification to save her these dangers?
www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign...
The league has dug itself a huge hole here, a grave?
Is she hoping that IOC or FIFA will institute global sex-verification to save her these dangers?
www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign...
The league has dug itself a huge hole here, a grave?
When something doesn't make sense it often makes someone money, so "follow the money."
How many of the owners were privy to discussions before the 2021 NWSL Policy on Transgender Athletes?
How many of the players? The Players Association?
There are potentially huge legal liabilities here.
How many of the owners were privy to discussions before the 2021 NWSL Policy on Transgender Athletes?
How many of the players? The Players Association?
There are potentially huge legal liabilities here.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
When something doesn't make sense it often makes someone money, so "follow the money."
How many of the owners were privy to discussions before the 2021 NWSL Policy on Transgender Athletes?
How many of the players? The Players Association?
There are potentially huge legal liabilities here.
How many of the owners were privy to discussions before the 2021 NWSL Policy on Transgender Athletes?
How many of the players? The Players Association?
There are potentially huge legal liabilities here.
Banda is the third, suspected 5ARD male signed in March, www.espn.com/soccer/story....
What other owners were expecting this influx of 5ARD players?
How many even understood this was a possibility?
How many were consulted about the 2021 policy?
How did this accord or violate NWSL contracts?
What other owners were expecting this influx of 5ARD players?
How many even understood this was a possibility?
How many were consulted about the 2021 policy?
How did this accord or violate NWSL contracts?
Sources: Orlando signs Banda for near-record fee
The NWSL's Orlando Pride signed Zambian forward Barbra Banda from Chinese Super League team Shanghai Shengli for a $740,000 transfer fee, a source familiar with the deal confirmed to ESPN.
www.espn.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Banda is the third, suspected 5ARD male signed in March, www.espn.com/soccer/story....
What other owners were expecting this influx of 5ARD players?
How many even understood this was a possibility?
How many were consulted about the 2021 policy?
How did this accord or violate NWSL contracts?
What other owners were expecting this influx of 5ARD players?
How many even understood this was a possibility?
How many were consulted about the 2021 policy?
How did this accord or violate NWSL contracts?
Kundananji is the second suspected 5-ARD male signed by expansion side Bay FC in February, for a record transfer fee.
www.bbc.com/sport/africa...
"Zambia's Racheal Kundananji has become the most expensive women's footballer in history after joining Bay FC from Madrid CFF for $860,000 (£685,000)."
www.bbc.com/sport/africa...
"Zambia's Racheal Kundananji has become the most expensive women's footballer in history after joining Bay FC from Madrid CFF for $860,000 (£685,000)."
Racheal Kundananji: Bay FC sign Zambian for world record fee from Madrid CFF
Racheal Kundananji becomes the most expensive women's footballer in history after joining Bay FC for $860,000 (£685,000).
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Kundananji is the second suspected 5-ARD male signed by expansion side Bay FC in February, for a record transfer fee.
www.bbc.com/sport/africa...
"Zambia's Racheal Kundananji has become the most expensive women's footballer in history after joining Bay FC from Madrid CFF for $860,000 (£685,000)."
www.bbc.com/sport/africa...
"Zambia's Racheal Kundananji has become the most expensive women's footballer in history after joining Bay FC from Madrid CFF for $860,000 (£685,000)."
Chawinga is the first suspected 5-ARD male signed by KC Current in January of 2024, www.kansascitycurrent.com/news/kansas-....
The dollar amount for his contract (and possible 5ARD status) are not publicly disclosed.
The dollar amount for his contract (and possible 5ARD status) are not publicly disclosed.
Kansas City Current sign Malawi international forward - Kansas City Current
Official Website Of Kansas City NWSL Women’s Soccer. The latest news, schedule, team, tickets.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Chawinga is the first suspected 5-ARD male signed by KC Current in January of 2024, www.kansascitycurrent.com/news/kansas-....
The dollar amount for his contract (and possible 5ARD status) are not publicly disclosed.
The dollar amount for his contract (and possible 5ARD status) are not publicly disclosed.
Which teams or owners were in on the flurry of 5ARD signings at the beginning of 2024?
If all owners were not made aware, what internal agreements did that violate?
Given the huge transfer fees involved, this is financially significant, especially if there were unrecorded, backroom deals.
If all owners were not made aware, what internal agreements did that violate?
Given the huge transfer fees involved, this is financially significant, especially if there were unrecorded, backroom deals.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Which teams or owners were in on the flurry of 5ARD signings at the beginning of 2024?
If all owners were not made aware, what internal agreements did that violate?
Given the huge transfer fees involved, this is financially significant, especially if there were unrecorded, backroom deals.
If all owners were not made aware, what internal agreements did that violate?
Given the huge transfer fees involved, this is financially significant, especially if there were unrecorded, backroom deals.
Who quietly decided to rescind the policy without comment, just before Berman came on as commissioner in 2022?
Was deprecation of the policy a condition of Berman taking the commissioner's job?
Did she understand its dangerous stupidity, and what did she do to manage or contain it?
Was deprecation of the policy a condition of Berman taking the commissioner's job?
Did she understand its dangerous stupidity, and what did she do to manage or contain it?
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Who quietly decided to rescind the policy without comment, just before Berman came on as commissioner in 2022?
Was deprecation of the policy a condition of Berman taking the commissioner's job?
Did she understand its dangerous stupidity, and what did she do to manage or contain it?
Was deprecation of the policy a condition of Berman taking the commissioner's job?
Did she understand its dangerous stupidity, and what did she do to manage or contain it?
Once the policy was created, how did it affect or acknowledge or comply with the Players Association's collective bargaining agreement?
How many lawsuits did this open the league up to, both from displaced players and the NWPA?
What was the NWPA's transparency with its members?
How many lawsuits did this open the league up to, both from displaced players and the NWPA?
What was the NWPA's transparency with its members?
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Once the policy was created, how did it affect or acknowledge or comply with the Players Association's collective bargaining agreement?
How many lawsuits did this open the league up to, both from displaced players and the NWPA?
What was the NWPA's transparency with its members?
How many lawsuits did this open the league up to, both from displaced players and the NWPA?
What was the NWPA's transparency with its members?
Whose bright idea was it to create the 2021 NWSL Policy on Transgender Athletes and how did it happen to include such an obvious loophole that made signing 5ARD male athletes possible?
Which owners or players were invited, included, advised?
Which owners or players were invited, included, advised?
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Whose bright idea was it to create the 2021 NWSL Policy on Transgender Athletes and how did it happen to include such an obvious loophole that made signing 5ARD male athletes possible?
Which owners or players were invited, included, advised?
Which owners or players were invited, included, advised?
What in her history here is factually incorrect?
Which Nazi were you talking about?
Which Nazi were you talking about?
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
What in her history here is factually incorrect?
Which Nazi were you talking about?
Which Nazi were you talking about?
Which Nazi do you think invented sex testing?
Linda Blade, 2024. The Dystopian History of Sex Testing in Women’s Sports. Reality’s Last Stand, www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-dystop..., 1 January 2024.
Is this Nazi in the room with us now? 🤡
Linda Blade, 2024. The Dystopian History of Sex Testing in Women’s Sports. Reality’s Last Stand, www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-dystop..., 1 January 2024.
Is this Nazi in the room with us now? 🤡
The Dystopian History of Sex Testing in Women’s Sports
How the International Olympic Committee (IOC) failed women by undermining sex-based eligibility in sports.
www.realityslaststand.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Which Nazi do you think invented sex testing?
Linda Blade, 2024. The Dystopian History of Sex Testing in Women’s Sports. Reality’s Last Stand, www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-dystop..., 1 January 2024.
Is this Nazi in the room with us now? 🤡
Linda Blade, 2024. The Dystopian History of Sex Testing in Women’s Sports. Reality’s Last Stand, www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-dystop..., 1 January 2024.
Is this Nazi in the room with us now? 🤡
In the last few years it has been reinstated by World Rugby, World Aquatics, World Athletics and World Boxing.
The IOC may also be returning it, as per The Times earlier today at www.thetimes.com/sport/olympi....
PCR and karyotype and ultrasounds are neither "pseudoscience," nor inherently racist.
The IOC may also be returning it, as per The Times earlier today at www.thetimes.com/sport/olympi....
PCR and karyotype and ultrasounds are neither "pseudoscience," nor inherently racist.
Transgender women to be banned from all female Olympic events
IOC likely to announce new policy early in new year after findings of a scientific review about the permanent physical advantages of being born male
www.thetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
In the last few years it has been reinstated by World Rugby, World Aquatics, World Athletics and World Boxing.
The IOC may also be returning it, as per The Times earlier today at www.thetimes.com/sport/olympi....
PCR and karyotype and ultrasounds are neither "pseudoscience," nor inherently racist.
The IOC may also be returning it, as per The Times earlier today at www.thetimes.com/sport/olympi....
PCR and karyotype and ultrasounds are neither "pseudoscience," nor inherently racist.
FIFA needs to clean this up globally and let CAF catch up with the reality that 5ARD "intersex" males are still male and should not be allowed in female sport.
Africa needs to catch up with the science which was not clear when Caster Semenya first stepped onto the world stage: 5ARD male = MALE.
Africa needs to catch up with the science which was not clear when Caster Semenya first stepped onto the world stage: 5ARD male = MALE.
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
FIFA needs to clean this up globally and let CAF catch up with the reality that 5ARD "intersex" males are still male and should not be allowed in female sport.
Africa needs to catch up with the science which was not clear when Caster Semenya first stepped onto the world stage: 5ARD male = MALE.
Africa needs to catch up with the science which was not clear when Caster Semenya first stepped onto the world stage: 5ARD male = MALE.
Is the league punting on this because they have opened themselves up to lawsuits from female players AND the 5ARD males that they have already allowed in?
www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign...
Do they plan to punt if sued before then, by claiming they did not understand?
www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign...
Do they plan to punt if sued before then, by claiming they did not understand?
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Is the league punting on this because they have opened themselves up to lawsuits from female players AND the 5ARD males that they have already allowed in?
www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign...
Do they plan to punt if sued before then, by claiming they did not understand?
www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign...
Do they plan to punt if sued before then, by claiming they did not understand?