I agree that she has an advantage. It's not up to debate.TheMalteseDart wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:07 pmWell it would be all well and good for your diversitity standpoint if Noa earned her crust in a mixed field, like she did the other week at the challenge tour, not at the women's series. Also whatever side you're on 'there's only 1 so it's fine' is a terrible point.The Thorn wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:56 pm To be honest I'm fine with it either way.
Men have an inherent advantage in darts. It's however up to debate if the advantage is significant enough to warrant a separate field. Some trans players might have an advantage but it's really only one player, it's not a widespread thing. From an inclusivity and diversity standpoint I would support trans woman being involved, the question is if the sporting and fairness standpoint outweighs it. Debatable.
Ignoring the hand eye coordination study in darts that was undertaken everytime Noa steps into that women's field she's automatically at an advantage as she's never going to have to deal with the issues the rest of the field may be going through at the time, such as having periods or going through menopause. These would obviously have an impact on performance. Over the course of a yearly tour, she will play against all players going through this at one point, where as she never has that distraction. I recall Till on Twitter called these 'ailments' and compared it to Mervyn King's bad back. Disgusting.
What I've said is that this advantage has to be weighed up against other factors, such as inclusivity.
I never said it's fine if it's only one player. But it's obvious the more trans players are the more effect it has on the rest of the field.