Trans volleyball player Blaire Fleming's school San Jose State hits back after Boise State forfeited playoff semifinal

San Jose State University aimed a thinly-veiled excavation astatine Boise State women's volleyball squad aft the Broncos forfeited Friday's title semifinal amid contention implicit trans player Blaire Fleming.

Earlier this week, the Broncos bushed Utah State to publication its spot successful the past 4 of the Mountain West postseason tournament.

But Boise State past withdrew from the game, insisting their players 'should not person to forgo this accidental portion waiting for a much thoughtful and amended strategy that serves each athletes.'

The connection did not notation Fleming by sanction but it came aft the Broncos doubly refused to look San Jose State during the regular season.

The Spartans subordinate has been astatine the halfway of a tempest implicit caller months, with Fleming the taxable of lawsuits and accusations that she conspired with a rival to wounded a teammate.

Six SJSU regular play games were ruled nary contests aft the absorption refused to play and present the Spartans are into the league title game.

In a statement, San Jose State came retired successful 'support (of) each our students' and appeared to deed retired astatine Boise State.

'In this clip of Thanksgiving, we are particularly thankful for those who proceed to prosecute successful civilian and respectful discourse,' SJSU said. 

'We observe and enactment each of our students, including our student-athletes arsenic they vie for our assemblage connected this vacation weekend.

'While we are disappointed successful Boise State’s decision, our women’s volleyball squad is preparing for Saturday’s lucifer and looks guardant to competing for a championship.'

SJSU volition look the victor of Colorado State and San Diego State, who conscionable successful the different semifinal connected Friday.

Earlier this week, Fleming was among those honored successful the Mountain West's postseason award. That is contempt the redshirt elder being astatine the halfway of a suit involving her ain teammates, who sued their caput coach, the assemblage and the Mountain West, demanding Fleming beryllium declared ineligible for the Conference tournament.

San Jose State coach Melissa Batie-Smoose, meanwhile, accused the schoolhouse of trying to 'silence' her aft she was suspended pursuing complaints about Fleming.

The NCAA is besides facing a class-action suit from much than a twelve pistillate athletes, who impeach the enactment of knowingly violating a instrumentality that prohibits sex-based discrimination. 

Colorado State's Malaya Jones was named the Mountain West Player of the Year, adjacent though she was accused of conspiring with Fleming to propulsion a crippled - and 'blast' SJSU star Brooke Slusser - during a crippled past month. 

The awards came aft a judge denied a last-minute effort to prohibition Fleming from the league title tourney arsenic good arsenic from immoderate imaginable aboriginal NCAA Tournament games. 

Judge Kato Crews ruled that the suit 'was not reasonable' and that it 'would hazard disorder and upend months of readying and would prejudice, astatine a minimum, (San Jose State) and different teams participating successful the tournament.'

Boise State, Wyoming, Utah State, Nevada, and Southern Utah canceled games this play against the Spartans, portion Nevada’s players said they 'refuse to enactment successful immoderate lucifer that advances injustice against pistillate athletes,' without providing further details.