The players’ decision and statement were made independently, and without consultation with the University or the athletic department. The players’ decision also does not represent the position of the University.
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The University intends to move forward with the match as scheduled, and the players may choose not to participate in the match on the day of the contest. No players will be subject to any team disciplinary action for their decision not to participate in the match.
Edit: Another odd part of this saga in San Jose is that one of the man's teammates also doesn't want him there.
When Brooke Slusser transferred to San Jose State from Alabama, she had no idea she'd be competing with a male athlete on her women's volleyball team. This was a well-kept secret by the SJSU athletic department.
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"When that first article came out, it was quite literally just a media meeting talking about, 'Don't make comments. If media people come up to you, it's not your story to tell,'" Slusser explained. "And that was really it. It wasn't, ‘How do we feel about this? Are we okay?’ It was how to handle the media and not make it look like there's a problem [...]
last month, Slusser joined more than a dozen other female athletes in suing the NCAA for Title IX violations for allowing male athletes to compete in women's sports and to utilize their locker rooms.
While the exact age Fleming was transitioned is unknown, early photos posted to his aunt’s Facebook show he was raised as a boy, and only began presenting in feminine clothing in 2016 when he would have been approximately 14 years old. His family members have been careful not to publicly identify him as transgender, but his grandmother referred to him as her “grandson” in an early photo.
Ghost archive link
Edit: Another odd part of this saga in San Jose is that one of the man's teammates also doesn't want him there.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/h5Ceo
...I guess?
When they move, you can always clock em. The pic was ambiguous, as pics often are.
Whatever was happening, he had the ruse going since high school. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/JloLy