Air Force refuses to let fan wear 'Keep Women's Sports Female' shirt at volleyball match vs San Jose State

Security astatine the Air Force Academy prevented a instrumentality from wearing a "Keep Women’s Sports Female" garment during a women’s volleyball lucifer against San Jose State connected Saturday. 

OutKick obtained video of the infinitesimal information officials told the fan, John Kopecky, that helium had to unzip his sweatshirt to uncover what his T-shirt work underneath. Kopecky obliged, and aft speechmaking his shirt, information told him helium couldn’t show that during the match.

Kopecky told OutKick that the reasoning was owed to his garment being a "political" message, which was not allowed.

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"They’ve ne'er made maine unzip a hoody to get successful before, truthful that was unusual," Kopecky told OutKick. 

The San Jose State women’s volleyball squad has been the taxable of nationalist headlines, with respective schools choosing to forfeit matches against the Spartans owed to transgender subordinate Blaire Fleming connected the roster.  

Kopecky continued to explicate the concern astatine the Air Force Academy match, saying that information allowed him into the crippled but warned him not to instrumentality disconnected his sweatshirt oregon helium would beryllium asked to leave. 

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"I saw information pointing maine retired to the superintendent [and] the commandant," helium explained. "I could benignant of spot retired of the country of my eye, they were pointing astatine wherever I was sitting."

Kopecky said determination were different antithetic procedures astatine this lucifer against the Spartans compared to different Air Force location volleyball matches successful the past. First, determination was a banner telling fans that signs wouldn’t beryllium allowed astatine each alternatively of the accustomed policy, which the Academy states that it volition not let "unapproved banners/signs (no signs aboriginal than 18" x 24"). 

Kopecky besides said that portion helium whitethorn person not noticed it before, determination was a ample committee with the instrumentality codification of behaviour that was hard to miss.

"They brought retired a large committee with each these rules astir instrumentality behaviour that whitethorn person been determination successful the past, but I've ne'er seen it [displayed] close astatine the door," helium said.

From beforehand left, San Jose State setter Brooke Slusser celebrates aft scoring a constituent with libero Randilyn Reeves, extracurricular hitter Blaire Fleming and libero Alessia Buffagni during the archetypal acceptable of an NCAA assemblage volleyball lucifer against Colorado State, Oct. 3, 2024, successful Fort Collins, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The Air Force Academy gave a connection to OutKick aft proceeding Kopecky’s claims, though they did not reply circumstantial questions, including whether information requires fans to unzip their sweatshirts and instrumentality disconnected jackets to uncover what they wore underneath.

"Air Force Athletics takes indispensable measures to supply a harmless situation astatine each location diversion events for players, coaches, unit and fans," the connection read. 

San Jose State went connected to bushed Air Force, 3-1, successful the lucifer wherever Fleming led the Spartans with 10 kills. 

In a erstwhile lucifer against New Mexico, Fleming had went viral aft 1 of her 18 kills successful that lucifer saw her nail the Lobos’ libero aft the spike, raising eyebrows from societal media users. 

It’s not uncommon for spikes during volleyball matches to deed opponents successful the face, but galore judge that Fleming’s jumping abilities and powerfulness creates much of a accidental that those spikes volition effect successful injury. 

Kopecky told OutKick that his presumption of Fleming’s jumping quality was "just drastically different" from the remainder of the women players. 

"It was conscionable like, 'Wow, there's thing you don't spot each time astatine a women's volleyball match.' … [Fleming was] strikingly much diversion than normal," helium said.

Fleming’s beingness connected the Spartans’ women’s volleyball squad sparked a batch of contention this season, including a suit from 1 of her teammates against the NCAA. 

Several scheduled opponents for the Spartans besides chose to forfeit matches, including Southern Utah, Utah State and Boise State, knowing it would beryllium a nonaccomplishment connected the schedule.

The Air Force Falcons flag (Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Gloria Nevarez, the Mountain West Conference commissioner, precocious described however heartbroken she was implicit the controversy. 

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"It breaks my bosom due to the fact that they’re quality beings, young people, student-athletes connected some sides of this contented that are getting a batch of nationalist antagonistic attention," she said. "It conscionable doesn’t consciousness close to me."

Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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