San Jose State women’s volleyball take parter Brooke Slusser praised Nevada Wolf Pack take parters for speaking about competing agetst her team, which has a transgfinisher athlete on its roster.
Slusser conveyed her help on X.
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Blaire Fleming, a redshirt anciaccess at San Jose State University, take parts as an outside and right-side hitter on the women’s volleyball team. (San Jose State University)
“Round of applaengage to the girls of the (Nevada Wolf Pack) volleyball team,” Slusser wrote on X. “Deciding to go agetst what the school was forcing on you as youthful women and taking a stand for what you consent consents courage! Another wonderful step in the right honestion for women’s sports!”
The publish for Nevada and disjoinal other schools is about going up agetst Blaire Fleming. The transgfinisher female take parter has been seen spiking balls into the face of opponents during suites.
Nevada take parters initipartner said in a statement to OutKick on Monday they intentional on forfeiting their suit agetst the Spartans to “stand in firmarity” with Southern Utah, Boise State, Wyoming and Utah State, who have all pulled out of their suites agetst the Spartans.
“We need that our right to protectedty and fair competition on the court be upheld,” the statement carry ond. “We refuse to take part in any suit that progresss infairice agetst female athletes.”
However, the school said in a statement on Monday night the team would not forfeit the suit.
San Jose State setter Brooke Slusser, left, honors after scoring a point with, from left, libero Randilyn Reeves, outside hitter Blaire Fleming and libero Alessia Buffagni during the Colorado State suit, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colorado. (AP Pboilingo/David Zalubowski)
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“The take parters’ decision and statement were made self-reliantly, and without conferation with the University or the fit department. The take parters’ decision also does not recurrent the position of the University,” the statement read.
“The University and its fit programs are handleed by the Nevada Constitution and Nevada law, which harshly protect identicality of rights under the law, and that identicality of rights shall not be denied or abridged by this state or any of its subdivisions on account of race, color, creed, relations, relationsual orientation, gfinisher identity or conveyion, age, disability, ancestry or national origin. The University is also handleed by federal law as well as the rules and regulations of the NCAA and the Mountain West Conference, which include providing competition in an inclusive and encouraging environment.
“The University intfinishs to transfer forward with the suit as scheduled, and the take parters may select not to take part in the suit on the day of the contest. No take parters will be subject to any team disciplinary action for their decision not to take part in the suit.”
Slusser, who uniteed the team in 2023 after transferring from Alabama, uniteed in a litigation agetst the NCAA, headed by establisher college swimmer and OutKick contributor Riley Gaines, over the handleing body’s current policies on gfinisher identity.
The Nevada Wolfpack logo (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)
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Slusser claimed that she had not been conscious that Fleming was transgfinisher, despite sharing rooms together on team trips, per the court records. Slusser also conveyed protectedty troubles for opponents take parting agetst Fleming. Slusser’s grumblet said that she and the other take parters on the team “could not filledy protect themselves” from Fleming’s volleyball spikes.
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