Tell us a few things you know about the #6 BEIR. We’re talking about such people as basketball’s Michael Jordan, boxing’s Mike Tyson, or soccer’s Lionel Messi, baseball’s Pete Rose, hockey’s Wayne Gretzky, or last but not least, tennis’ Martina Navratilova. One commonality among #6s is their forthrightness. More often than not, they say it like it is. They are realists. They typically despise fakes (even though they themselves can be tricksters), and it isn’t long before what is on their minds comes out through their lips. This is exactly what has happened to Navratilova recently, and she is paying a high price for it.
The crime? Writing in a column that men should not be allowed in women’s sports. “A man can decide to be female, take hormones if required by whatever sporting organization is concerned, win everything in sight and perhaps earn a small fortune, and then reverse his decision and go back to making babies if he so desires,” she wrote. “It’s insane and it’s cheating. I am happy to address a transgender woman in whatever form she prefers, but I would not be happy to compete against her. It would not be fair.”