Even though he claims he’s “tried to stay out of” the hot debate surrounding transgender women in sports, former star running back and infamous murder suspect OJ Simpson decided last week that it is time for him to proclaim his thoughts on the matter.
In a video he shared with the world via his Twitter account last week, OJ Simpson opened up about the recent debate about whether or not transgender women should compete in women’s sports. At first, he appeared to express his broad support of the transgender community.
“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.”
But then he made it clear that while he does support transgender individuals, he does not think that trans women should be allowed to play against other women, saying “It just isn’t fair.”
“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 quite a clear proclamation from Simpson, and it led to quite a few reactions on social media.
Juice on fair treatment for women.
— Spen-Dog (@GregoryKSpence1) July 12, 2023
OJ wading into the controversy. I hope this doesn't tarnish his image. https://t.co/4RGyLbQcEp
— Jersey Jackas_s 🕳️ (@Oldglorycries) July 11, 2023
Y’all got OJ weighing in trans people in sports now..
Pretty cool that he knew who Renée Richards was during the 70s tho https://t.co/iVNWRXcKD9
— 𝑴𝒓𝒔. 𝑱 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 (@Mrs_JLove) July 11, 2023
You are in dangerous territory OJ!!!! https://t.co/9llWMrxi2L
— جو (@jbabayyy) July 11, 2023
You know what an unfair advantage is? Knives! https://t.co/Cevo9cQ461
— TJ Perry (@tjperry1400) July 11, 2023
this simply cannot be. has oj lost his way https://t.co/Tlr4aCTJga
— sam 🙂 (@burzisam) July 11, 2023
if there is one thing we know O.J. for it is his honor and integrity https://t.co/IljihHVNv9
— bobby dalbec goat campaign manager (@bobsox420) July 11, 2023
It’s safe to say that most people don’t see him as a good authority on the fair treatment of women.
