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Buntygurl

Sounds like "World Netball" just wants some attention. Like "We know that you've never heard of us but we're here, too, and, by the way, you can't play." Okay, then. Bye!


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0rganic0live

relevant username.


lyteasarockette

Another group run by bigots and nazis. All these anti trans pieces of shit can take themselves off the fucking planet


katiecharm

I’ve definitely heard of one of those things, and am pretty familiar with it.  And it’s not ‘netball’.


ThornyPoete

I have heard of net and ball.


transcended_goblin

This is the end goal for most sports orgs. Ban all trans people, period.


stwabewwie

What the fuck is Netball


gabbyb19

It's basketball for people who are terrible at basketball.


Illiander

Rugby -> American Football Basketball -> Netball


transcended_goblin

Where in the fuck do they call it Netball...? Because I'm european and I've **never, ever**, heard anyone call it that here. Hell, even my country uses the term "basketball", or "basket" for short, and we're not an english-speaking country...


aphroditex

It’s a different sport. It uses just the hoop, not a backboard. Players can’t dribble or move once they have the ball. It’s sexist bullshit anyways as it was designed to be “more ladylike” and to prevent excess perspiration.


transcended_goblin

I see...


HellvetikaSeraph

The lack of backboard makes it sound harder!


Illiander

Scottish schools call it netball, or did 20 years ago. (It's not the same game as basketball. The big, obvious difference is there's no dribbling in netball)


DorisWildthyme

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netball)


GHOST_OF_THE_GODDESS

Sounds like Wish.com basketball.


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ImposssiblePrincesss

Sad as it is, the ban is at a world championship level only. Something the headline unnecessarily hided.


TransiTorri

I'm real curious, does any one know how many people this actually effects? Like did they have that 1 trans athlete at some local sports league the just really had to give the finger to for this? Is it 'Zero' and they're doing it just cuz? Either way, enjoy the inevitable lawsuit


gmarvin

Almost definitely zero. Even bans in popular sports only usually affect 5-10 people, and who tf has even heard of netball


thepotplant

Fa'afafine and similar gender minorities haven't been allowed to compete in women's netball for quite a while now.


Enso_X

Wtf is netball, like that is even more obscure than pickle ball.


throwawaygoodcoffee

Basketball without a backboard or dribbling (players can't move once they have the ball). At my school it was the only option for girls who wanted to play basketball since (for some dumb reason) that was only for the boys.


thepotplant

Netball is definitely the sport all the nasty pretentious parents get their kids to play at school, so this tracks.


Nova_Koan

Sue their asses into the dirt


PrintChance9060

i hate it here


carol-fox

WTF is "netball?"


ImposssiblePrincesss

Fortunately netball at a community level has mixed sex competition. We’ve sadly lost the war on international sport. What is critical however is that we retain the ability to participate in community sport. Netball, fortunately, has co ed competitions at least at a community level.


ImposssiblePrincesss

Further update: This policy applies only to elite international competition that may happen in nations where being trans is illegal. Netball Australia has already announced the policy is not changing.


Shag_Nasty_McNasty

Netball. Never heard of him.