I am prompted to enquire about the philosophy of sport in light of the controversies and discussions that currently abound regarding the acceptability of transgender athletes in women's sport. The general feeling, indeed the current procedure, is that there has to be a chemical (testorene) cut off point where one cannot be deemed to be female. Clearly this is going to hurt those athletes- probably transgender - whose testosterone levels are just too high for women's sport, but too low to effectively compete with men at the higher levels of their chosen sport.

My first reaction is that the whole issue illustrates the ridiculous nature of competitive and professional sport. Why stop at testosterone? Why not ban players who are very tall from playing basketball?

Also, is it bound to be true that the absolute best players of any sport always produce the most interesing sport to watch? Take tennis - if it is not true then we should, in principle, enjoy watching a low ranking match as much as a high ranking match. If it is true, then we should not enjoy watching a high level women's match as much as a high level men's match.