Latest twist in trans volleyball player controversy shaking the nation
San Jose State’s volleyball team is currently guaranteed to face a team in the upcoming Mountain West Tournament that has already forfeited to it during the regular season. San Jose State has had six of its conference wins this season awarded via forfeit amid a national controversy over a trans athlete on the team.With those wins, the team finished with a 12-6 conference record and has earned a first-round bye in the upcoming tournament. Now, they are guaranteed to play the semifinal.
And the opponent they are set to face in that match is guaranteed to be one of the four teams that refused to play them in the regular season.Utah State and Boise State are set to play in the quarterfinal match that will determine who faces the Spartans in the next round. Boise State was so unwilling to play San Jose State during the regular season that it forfeited two scheduled matches against the Spartans, taking a pair of conference losses on its record.
Meanwhile, Utah State, which only forfeited one game, has joined a lawsuit against The Mountain West over the presence of Fleming as it seeks to have that loss restored. On the other side of the bracket, Colorado State holds the No.1 seed in the tournament.
Colorado State played both games against San Jose State this year, as the teams split the series.Fresno State and San Diego States, two other teams that played the Spartans amid the controversy this year, will face off in the quarterfinal for the right to face Colorado State. But there is bound to be uncertainty in San Jose State’s semifinal, regardless of what team advances to that round, under the current setup. Spartans co-captain Brooke Slusser, who is engaged in two lawsuits over the presence of her trans teammate Blaire Fleming, previously told Fox News Digital that her team doesn’t even know if their upcoming tournament opponents will face them. “We’re just mostly wondering, are teams even gonna play us, period, if we go there? Because of just eve...