The Distance

The Distance

Thing That Hardly Ever Happens Happened 60 Times In Just One Blue Colorado County

Boys cheating at sports, at scale, because 'gender' is magic

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Matt Osborne
Mar 20, 2026
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According to the United States Department of Education, Jefferson County, Colorado public schools have allowed boys to take up 60 different places on girls sports teams. One “nonbinary” player is listed on a team for girls as well, though it is unclear whether this student is male or female.

Of course, mathematically, there may be as few as 21 boys taking up all these team spots by cheating at more than one sport. Some number of boys between 21 and 61, say about 40 boys, has received this privilege in one small area. However, it is the number of girls displaced that count as Title IX violations, not the number of boys allowed to displace them.

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How many schools had to compete with these teams? How many of them added boys to their own teams just to keep up with the arms race? Genderwoo ruins sport. The intrinsic dishonesty destroys ethical sportsmanship before the whistle ever blows.

According to Lindsay Datko, founder of Jeffco Kids First, the Department of Education has given Jefferson…

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