Colorado’s ballot this November is packed with issues, but one of them smells… well… like total crap. I’m talking about the proposal to force all school sports to be divided strictly by “biological sex.” Supporters claim it’s about fairness. My own life says it’s about fragile egos, outdated thinking, and a whole lot of steaming nonsense.
I grew up in the early 90s. Our football team had a girl on it. Not a mascot. Not a novelty. Not a “statement.” She was there because she could kick the ball better than any of us. Period.
And people gave her crap for it.
Not because she was dangerous.
Not because she broke the game.
Not because she had some magical advantage.
They gave her crap because she was a girl succeeding in a space some guys thought belonged exclusively to them.
That’s the part nobody wants to admit.
The resentment wasn’t about fairness.
It was about ego — and that ego was the real turd on the field.
Let’s be honest: this measure is a polished turd
The organizations pushing this measure aren’t coaches, athletes, or people who’ve spent their lives building youth sports. They’re national political groups who discovered that “transgender sports” makes for a convenient wedge issue. They write one law, copy‑paste it into multiple states, and hope voters don’t notice the smell.
But the emotional fuel behind it?
That comes from the same place I saw in high school — the fear of being beaten by someone you didn’t expect to beat you.
I can’t help but imagine some guy, decades ago, getting outplayed by a girl, and instead of processing it like a normal human, he carried that bruise into adulthood. Now he’s trying to legislate away the possibility of ever feeling that again.
This isn’t about protecting sports.
It’s about protecting feelings — and those feelings are, frankly, crappy.
What this measure actually does (spoiler: more crap)
If this law had existed in the 90s, the girl on my team — the one who earned her spot — would’ve been banned. Not because she wasn’t good enough. Not because she posed any risk. But because someone else’s discomfort mattered more than her ability.
This measure would:
Ban girls from boys’ teams even when they’re the best option
Ban trans kids from playing with their peers
Override local schools, coaches, and athletic associations
Turn sports into a political battlefield instead of a place for kids to grow
It’s a solution in search of a problem — and it punishes the wrong people.
In ShouldIBuyThisCrap terms:
This is the kind of crap that clogs the pipes and makes everyone’s day worse. 4/4 Craps. Really Shitty
Sports should be about opportunity, not exclusion
Youth sports teach teamwork, confidence, discipline, and resilience. They give kids a place to belong. They help them grow. They create memories that last decades — I’m still talking about mine.
This measure takes all of that and replaces it with fear, gatekeeping, and political theater.
Colorado doesn’t need a law that tells kids they don’t belong.
We need coaches who lift them up, teammates who support them, and communities that recognize talent wherever it appears.
If a kid can play, let them play.
That’s fairness.
That’s sports.
That’s Colorado.
And this measure?
This measure is total crap.
Final note
As always, voters should confirm ballot details with trusted sources like the Colorado Secretary of State. But as someone who lived the reality this measure claims to address, I’m asking Coloradans to look past the talking points and recognize this proposal for what it is: a polished turd with a political bow on top.