I just hate the vitriol pointed at each side. Both sides have a point, it just comes down to what way you parse the mental gymnastics. And the true irony is, I have trans friends on both sides of this argument.

If your fundamental question is: is this league for women? Then non-binary/trans peoples should not be allowed in.
If your fundamental question is: is this league for women and those who identify as non-binary? Then yes, absolutely they should be allowed to play.

So what is ESL impact? Is it a league for women, or a league for non-binary and women. Once again, if so, fine. That's totally cool. But it (can be viewed) as disingenuous to call something a "women's league" that is not specifically for women. Once again it all comes down to how you parse it. But once again it comes down to what ESL claims it is. If we all agree it is for women AND non-binary (and that is how they market it), then by all means lets have an inclusive play space. But like I said, let's figure that fundamental question out first.

wp

Just go back to the 2 man core rule. It's common sense. If not, that's fine, just know if you're ESL- you are only serving to delegitimize and remove any prestige from your division by attempting to over bureaucratize a league; that as Bobby aptly pointed out, is full of part timers and those without the resources to adequately meet the stringent league standards.