Former star running back and infamous murder suspect OJ Simpson claims that he has tried to stay away from the subject of transgender women in women’s sports, but he is no longer staying quiet.
During a recent video posted to his Twitter account, OJ Simpson gave his thoughts on whether or not transgender women should compete in transgender sports.
“There’s a subject that I tried to stay out of, but here lately it’s hard to avoid. I saw Megan Rapinoe said that she would love to be competing against transgender women and look, I’m all for it,” Simpson said. “Look, you be whatever you want to be. To me, it doesn’t really matter.”
Sports should be equal and fair. pic.twitter.com/efsqiDpd7k
— O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) July 11, 2023
But even though Simpson is supportive of the transgender community in general, he does not think that transgender women should be allowed to compete in women’s sports.
“A senator in South Carolina stated ‘What if Mike Tyson decides to identify as female?’ Are you going to let him box women? I don’t think so,” Simpson said. “I’m a golfer, and trust me, you could take probably the 350th rated male golfer, now that we know women are making all this money, but if he decides that he wants to identify as a female, trust me he would probably be a top ten female golfer.
“It just isn’t fair. If you’re born a male or a female, I don’t think it’s fair in sports to have them competing against one another. Give them their own category. Let the trans compete against trans, the female against the females and the male against the males.”
It’s a clear message from Simpson, and it led to plenty of reactions on social media.
OJ wading into the controversy. I hope this doesn't tarnish his image. https://t.co/4RGyLbQcEp
— Jersey Jackas_s 🕳️ (@Oldglorycries) July 11, 2023
Was a big fan of him until he came out with this. Honestly very disappointing from the juice https://t.co/R4K1pWUmWK
— Ravenscraig S.T.A.L.K.E.R (@Chubbs_Pierre) July 11, 2023
There are two reaons this suggestion does not work.
1.) Not all transwomen are built and super strong, especially those who transition before or even during puberty.2.) There aren't that many transwomen who are top athletes. https://t.co/vXv2HUIt31
— Hontas Farmer (@Hontas_Farmer) July 12, 2023
Logs into Twitter for first time in a few days, and this is what welcomes me… https://t.co/uCUFn67620
— Vincent Frank (@VincentFrankNFL) July 11, 2023
Every time this man makes a video, I swear I think it's a SNL skit lol https://t.co/aZ5EcAUjJN
— Geo (@YorgoD86) July 12, 2023
Killing it equally. Man and woman.
— Big Jeff (@bigjeffd) July 11, 2023
Juice on fair treatment for women.
— Spen-Dog (@GregoryKSpence1) July 12, 2023
