As it turns out, not every university in the country buys into the left-wing idea that men can become women. Some even have enough resolve to lead on this issue to protect their female athletes.
San Jose State University’s women’s volleyball team features a male player by the name of Blair Fleming. San Jose State initially hid the fact that Fleming was a man even from the rest of the players on the team, according to co-captain Brooke Slusser, who joined a lawsuit against the NCAA for Title IX violations. Fleming is the driving force behind the Spartans’ undefeated record, being named to the Hawkeye Invitational All-Tournament Team. He is second on the team with 119 kills.
San Jose State hid this from its own athletes, and the NCAA and Mountain West Conference have sat by and watched as San Jose State exploited this unfair advantage. Despite volleyball being a noncontact sport, there is also a physical safety component here, as male volleyball players hit far harder than female players, which can lead to serious concussions and other injuries for women on the receiving end of those 119 kills.
But not every university is willing to put their female athletes in harm’s way. Southern Utah, a smaller university that would already have been outmatched by San Jose State without any male players, refused to play the Spartans in the Santa Clara Tournament. Last week, Boise State decided to forfeit rather than play San Jose, as did Wyoming, which reversed course from its previous stance to announce that its women would take the forfeit for their coming Saturday game against the Spartans. Boise State and Wyoming are both conference opponents of San Jose State.
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It shouldn’t need to be the duty of female athletes to jeopardize their own athletic careers by boycotting games or events, including male athletes who claim to be transgender. Leaders must lead, and officials at San Jose State, the Mountain West, and the NCAA have failed. It is their responsibility to protect female athletes.
The same is true for Southern Utah, Boise State, and Wyoming, and they stepped up and did exactly that, the latter two doing it at the expense of their own conference records. We should demand no less from university leaders and sports officials at all levels when it comes to protecting female athletes.