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A bunch of folks are getting their panties in a bunch over the disqualification of a team in the recently held Gay Softball World Series because the team had too many straight players on it.

From Edge Magazine:

“D2, a team from San Francisco, beat the Atlanta Mudcats in the series to qualify for the A Division championship game against the Los Angeles Vipers. But the Mudcats filed a protest, alleging that six of D2’s players were straight. North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAA) rules state a team in the series may have no more than two straight players on its squad. A review indicated that four of the six players were straight, D2 was disqualified, the championship was awarded to the Vipers, and the Mudcats and other teams which finished behind D2 all moved up a notch in the standings.”

This isn’t the first team to be disqualified for this reason, and it won’t be the last. While some are calling the policy discriminatory, its intentions are good.

Organized sports, whether in high school or in the professional world, is still a relatively homophobic place.

It can be argued that straight players who end up playing in gay tournaments take playing time, and even roster spots, away from gay players.

One of the questions that’s always been around in these types of “gay tournaments” is, how do you enforce the rule? How do you determine if someone is in fact straight or gay?

And what about bisexuals???

After 30 years of running the tournament, it may be that the organizers have come to the conclusion that leaving the door open to bisexuality has caused too much trouble with a loop hole that may be too easy for some to take advantage of.

Either way, it seems odd to limit the number of bisexuals… don’t you think?

But, as long as the mainstream sports world continues to cast a homophobic shadow over athletic culture in general, we personally see nothing wrong with the GAYS trying to make sports more welcoming for their community.

Still… can’t we all just play together??? Err…. Get along????

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