Judge's ruling to allow SJSU trans women's volleyball player to compete in tournament receives backlash

A justice ruled Monday that San Jose State transgender women’s volleyball subordinate Blaire Fleming volition beryllium allowed to play for the Spartans successful the Mountain West Conference tourney arsenic good arsenic the remainder of the season. 

Federal Judge Kato Crews successful Colorado, appointed by President Biden successful January, denied a question for injunctive alleviation successful a suit by assemblage volleyball players against the conference, per OutKick.

The quality led to immoderate backlash connected societal media, including women’s sports activistic Riley Gaines. 

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Blaire Fleming, a redshirt elder astatine San Jose State University, plays arsenic an extracurricular and right-side hitter connected the women’s volleyball team. (San Jose State University)

"A national justice conscionable ruled successful favour of a antheral jock who has been injuring defenseless women successful volleyball for years," Gaines tweeted. "It’s clip to region those activistic judges who garbage to uphold the instrumentality arsenic it was intended."

More X users posted connected their accounts to dependable their displeasure with the ruling. 

"Not that determination are capable radical near with the guts to basal up for what’s right, but I would emotion to spot each teams boycott the tournament," 1 idiosyncratic posted. "This indispensable end."

SJSU TRANS WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL PLAYER BLAIRE FLEMING GETS GREEN LIGHT TO PLAY CONFERENCE TOURNEY

Another 1 added, "What a joke. We are virtually surviving successful an upside down clown world."

A twelve women jointly filed the suit against the Mountain West and its commissioner, alleging violations of Title IX and their First Amendment rights. Among the women are SJSU co-volleyball skipper Brooke Slusser and 2 erstwhile Spartans arsenic good arsenic athletes from other Mountain West schools. 

Crews, however, wrote that the plaintiffs’ petition for an exigency hold "was not reasonable" and "would hazard disorder and upend months of readying and would prejudice, astatine a minimum, (San Jose State) and different teams participating successful the tournament."

"The movants person failed to conscionable their load to amusement irreparable harm, a likelihood of occurrence connected the merits, oregon that the equilibrium of harms oregon equities is successful their favor," Crews wrote successful his decision. 

Blaire Fleming of San Jose State is shown during the lucifer against Air Force, Oct. 19, 2024, successful Colorado Springs, Colo. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

The players were looking to person their forfeits for refusing to play against Fleming and the Spartans rescinded, which would, successful turn, displacement the standings heading into the tournament. They besides wanted Fleming banned from the tournament. 

Instead, Crews’ ruling allows Fleming to play for the Spartans, who are the No. 2 effect and person a first-round bye. 

Boise State, Wyoming, Utah State and Nevada were among the league teams to cancel games against the Spartans owed to Fleming’s beingness connected the team. They were alert the forfeiture would effect successful a nonaccomplishment connected their records, which yet helped SJSU unafraid their precocious seed. 

"San Jose State University volition proceed to enactment its student-athletes and cull favoritism successful each forms. All San Jose State University student-athletes are eligible to enactment successful their sports nether NCAA and Mountain West Conference rules," the schoolhouse said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.  

"We are gratified that the Court rejected an eleventh-hour effort to alteration those rules. Our squad looks guardant to competing successful the Mountain West volleyball tourney this week."

Blaire Fleming of San Jose State is shown during the lucifer against Air Force, Oct. 19, 2024, successful Colorado Springs, Colo. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

Fleming has been a prima for the Spartans successful the matches played this season, averaging 3.86 kills per serve, which ranks 3rd successful the Mountain West.

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Looking up to the tournament, 1 of the 4 teams that forfeited against SJSU this play is guaranteed to look them successful the semifinals, arsenic Utah State and Boise State are acceptable to look each different successful the quarterfinals. 

Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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