Utah State women's volleyball star applauds school as it seeks to be added to Mountain West lawsuit

Utah State women’s volleyball prima Kaylie Ray applauded her schoolhouse Monday arsenic it sought to articulation a First Amendment suit against the Mountain West Conference implicit San Jose State transgender volleyball subordinate Blaire Fleming.

The schoolhouse filed a petition to articulation the suit arsenic a plaintiff against the conference, OutKick reported. The suit alleged that the league adopted a caller transgender information argumentation to subject teams forfeiting games against San Jose State. The suit besides alleged Title IX violations successful forcing schools to vie against a squad with a transgender player.

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The Mountain West Conference logo is seen earlier the title crippled of the Mountain West Conference hoops tourney betwixt the Utah State Aggies and the San Diego State Aztecs astatine the Thomas & Mack Center connected March 16, 2019 successful Las Vegas. (David Becker/Getty Images)

"Until today, assemblage women athletes person stood unsocial against the combined favoritism of the NCAA and each assemblage diversion league successful the state that follows the NCAA’s misguided policies that let men to vie against women successful assemblage sports," Ray said successful a connection done the Independent Council connected Women’s Sport.

"Hopefully, Utah State’s enactment volition motivate a flood of schools and assemblage diversion conferences to renounce the NCAA’s anti-women policies."

The archetypal suit was filed past week. San Jose State had nary comment.

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Utah State women's volleyball prima Kylie Ray applauded her schoolhouse arsenic it sought to participate arsenic a plaintiff successful a suit against the Mountain West Conference. (John W. McDonough/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

The Mountain West Conference told OutKick: "The Mountain West Conference prioritizes the champion interests of our student-athletes and takes large attraction to adhere to NCAA and MW policies. While we are incapable to remark connected the pending litigation of this peculiar situation, we instrumentality earnestly each concerns of student-athlete payment and fairness."

Ray, who earned play honors from the Mountain West earlier Monday, alleged successful the suit she was scolded for posting a photograph of herself connected societal media wearing a T-shirt that work "BOYcott" connected it successful protestation of playing against San Jose State.

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She said successful the suit "many astir america were lone acrophobic astir the discomfort our basal was causing them and however it made them look to others. They did not look to attraction astir lasting up for us; they simply acted inconvenienced and enactment disconnected by our determination to talk up for women."

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