Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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An Op vs a Hoop. The question of fairness comes up with trans girls playing on a girls' team. This pertains to any sport where these 'invaders' have attempted to join in. Size and strength seem to be the issues at hand. Society will most likely work out these issues over time. So now I turn to basketball, where the issue might not be gender, But rather height. New players are chosen more and more frequently, For their ability, but also for their height. I, personally, as a non-basketball fan, raise the question-- Is it fair for a team to have a seven foot-nine player (like Oliver Rioux), When the basket hoop is a relatively mere ten feet above the floor? How might one equate these two phenomena for fairness? Perhaps at least for the present, there might be A player height regulation for the latter example, Or there must be a rethinking concerning the height of the hoop. 8 November 2025 0850 Hours.