(Reuters) LIVE: IOC briefing after introducing gene-screening test for female events

[xocetaceans]

A discussion of the new policy regarding gene-screening by the IOC. The live Q & A by the foreign press just started and is quite interesting so far.

[2naSalit]

1. This whole industry...

Needs to go. I'm sorry for athletes who put their everything into this but our species needs to focus that energy into something more worthwhile. Be your best but for a different cause that isn't infested with corruption and horrid abuse.

I haven't watched the games for a very long time because of this criminal takeover.
that includes politics and a lot of human suffering.

[GenThePerservering]

2. It's gone so far from its original purpose

That the concept needs to either die or quit calling itself 'The Olympics'.

[newdeal2]

4. There is no pure pursuit or industry

If the Trump - Epstein files showed us anything, it’s that everything is and can be corrupted: sports, religion, entertainment, art, academic, politics, business, technology, non-profits.

[2naSalit]

5. True.

[harumph]

6. I was in process of quiting watching organized sports when the prediction market scandals hit

after that. I was done. You never know whether some player is going to throw the game. It's just all bullshit IMO.

[PeaceWave]

7. There sure is a lot of money going into it though...

The NFL has a $110 billion media rights deal in place. The NBA has a $77 billion media rights deal in place. And, that's just the tip of the iceberg.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Last time the IOC did this, they quickly dropped it because so many cis athletes were finding out they had unexpected

(and disqualifying) Y chromosomes. So we'll see how long this terrible decision lasts.

[obamanut2012]

8. Yup, and this also includes intersex athletes

So, a baby is assigned Female at birth, raised female, has female genitalia and anatomy, then takes this test.

The tests are also invasive and often unreliable. They are also dangerous. Being known as intersex can get a person killed in many countries.