Is this fair?

[Crunchy]

Both you and Alex are dodging the issue.
We have always accepted that some people are naturally more gifted in certain areas than others, not just sports. What we are seeing now is a man made advantage through technological innovation. If you feel like Alex that sports are pointless, then neither of you should even be discussing this as it is... pointless.  

The implication that no limit on the height of basketball payers for instance, is no different than allowing an athlete to add man made performance enhancing drugs/devices to his/her body is a silly argument.  I get that you think it boils down to "life's not fair so who cares how someone gets an advantage" but that is simply ridiculous. I bet you don't take that view in any other area?

do you think changing gender, especially after full maturity, is just a change of clothes? Have you tried looking into how physically damaging it can be?

Sports rules aren't made randomly, there are already segregations where needed.

I think it's a complex issue with no easy solutions.

In this case changing genders is being done by doctors so we have to rely on the doctor to determine what to set the hormone levels at so the athlete now has to rely on science to determine their ultimate level of competitiveness. 

Look at the prosthetics I brought up earlier for example. There is a set of "blades" that was not allowed in competition because it was determined that there was far too much advantage, so a sports federation can simply decide to cut back the size and strength of the blades to the point where the disabled athlete will only win by a few seconds rather than winning by a huge margin... so who is really winning the race?  That is the complex issue I'm getting at.

I'm not saying my views are set in stone. I can't for example see any problem with a pool player transitioning and competing, but I don't think I'd hold the same opinion for a wrestler or weight lifter.