So, one way to put this critique would be, if sports were ability- rather than sex- segregated, the leagues in which women competed would be so vast or multiple (as very ordinary men would share the placement of elite women)… 1/

it wouldn't be like the pros vs college or minor leagues, but like the pros vs little league teams. Women would only place among real mediocrities with men. 2/

That might be the case, but it would depend quite a lot on details of the distribution that I don't think we can presume. How frequent are real outliers? As individuals, might they gain a lot of recognition, even if the bulk of women competitors, as is already the case, don't get so much? /fin