San Jose State women's volleyball coach Todd Kress spoke out about the criticism and “hate” his team faced this season over the school's decision to allow transgender player Blair Fleming to play on the women's team. is strongly criticized.
Kress said this as SJSU withdrew from the Mountain West Conference volleyball tournament after losing to Colorado State. message He spoke to Fox News about the pressures he and the team faced this season.
In her message, Kress insisted that she and the SJSU women's volleyball team are ready to play in every game, despite repeated attempts by five rival universities to boycott the team. “We are not taking away anyone's opportunity to play,'' he emphasized.
Kress went on to say that SJSU faces “appalling and hateful messages” every time a rival university's women's team forfeits a game to avoid playing against a man who identifies as a woman. insisted.
The male-born player joined SJSU's women's volleyball team in 2022, but the school did not alert the team's players or the conference that Fleming was a transgender player, and that information was not available until this season. It didn't leak completely.
The transgender athlete was born Brayden Fleming. playing As a high school girl, she played on the girls' volleyball team at John Champe High School in Loudoun County, Virginia. The school has been under constant fire for its radical transgender and DEI policies and its cover-up of sexual assaults against girls. .
The hulking 6-foot-1 student, who is several inches taller than the average 5-foot-9 female player, has since racked up a long series of “women's” records in college volleyball. Initially at Coastal Carolina University, he is now at SJSU after South Carolina passed a law in November 2021 restricting transgender athletes from playing on teams based on their birth gender.
But now that Fleming's actual gender is widely known, the fact has created “the most difficult season” for Cress.
“This has been one of the most difficult seasons I've ever experienced, and I know it's the same for many of our players and the staff who have supported us all along. Court “My priority was to maintain focus and ensure the overall safety and well-being of our players despite the outside noise,” Cress told Fox News.
In fact, what SJSU faces is external scrutiny, as SJSU team member Brooke Slusser is one of many litigants suing the school for allowing Fleming to join the team. It's not just pressure. She also named Cress as one of the people responsible for his efforts to stand up against Fleming and the women.
Kress concluded his letter by thanking his team members, including Slasher, who helped SJSU advance to the conference finals. However, he did not mention that the main reason they were able to maintain such a high ranking was that many forfeited matches in their favor counted as “wins” statistically.
“Today's team played hard, and we've done that all season,” he said after the loss to Colorado State that eliminated SJSU from the championship tournament.
The season may finally be over. But the lawsuit continues.
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