Women's college volleyball stars downplay concerns about transgender player's power: 'Not a fair argument'

The San Jose State women’s volleyball programme has been engulfed successful contention for having a transgender jock connected its roster this season.

A national justice successful Colorado ruled Monday that Blaire Fleming volition beryllium allowed to play for the Spartans successful the Mountain West Conference tournament, putting to remainder – astatine slightest for present – 1 of the large controversies that person been the talking constituent of the season.

Fleming led the squad successful kills during the regular play with 297 and has a team-leading 3.86 kills per set. As San Jose State came nether occurrence for having Fleming connected the team, the volleyball star’s play came nether scrutiny.

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Blaire Fleming of the San Jose State Spartans, #3, reacts during the 2nd acceptable against the Air Force Falcons astatine Falcon Court astatine East Gym connected Oct. 19, 2024 successful Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

Fleming raised eyebrows astatine points during the play with immoderate vicious spikes that ricocheted disconnected opponents. It has led to disapproval of however overmuch powerfulness Fleming is putting into the kills and whether the subordinate has much spot arsenic a transgender athlete.

However, existent and erstwhile women’s volleyball figures downplayed the disapproval surrounding Fleming’s abilities.

"A batch of players that I speech to person been like, 'Have you been successful the Nebraska gym? Have you been successful the Texas gym?’ These biologic women are hitting the shot conscionable arsenic hard oregon maybe, probably, harder and jumping adjacent higher and each these things," Logan Eggleston, a erstwhile Texas Longhorns prima and AVCA National Player of the Year, told ESPN. 

"That's benignant of the speech I've been hearing, is, 'Yeah, this pistillate astatine San Jose State, yes, she mightiness beryllium transgender, but that doesn't marque her this superhuman jock that's crushing different people.'"

Michigan State’s Aksha Anderson defended Fleming.

Blaire Fleming of the San Jose State Spartans, #3, attacks the nett during the archetypal acceptable against the Air Force Falcons astatine Falcon Court astatine East Gym connected Oct. 19, 2024 successful Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

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"I deliberation it was ridiculous however radical kept saying, 'Oh, this is wherefore it's dangerous,'" Anderson said. "At the extremity of the day, each these top-25, top-50 big-time programs person antheral signifier players, antheral coaches perpetually playing. If we're talking astir danger, I consciousness similar that's not a just statement to marque successful this situation."

Penn State’s Serena Gay said she gets deed successful the look astatine signifier "everyday" and that the benignant of spikes Fleming has delivered is "normal."

Fleming’s play has been deemed unsafe, and it was 1 of the points successful the suit filed against the Mountain West Conference.

Brooke Slusser, Fleming’s teammate who was 1 of the plaintiffs progressive successful the suit, told KTVU-TV successful San Francisco earlier Monday’s ruling she was leaving practices with bruises from getting deed and has needed to dodge balls coming aft her.

Texas Longhorns Logan Eggleston, #33, during the property league aft the triumph against the Louisville Cardinals astatine CHI Health Center successful Omaha, Nebraska, connected Dec. 17, 2022. (Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports)

"I deliberation the biggest contented is it's not safe," Slusser said. "No pistillate volition ever person the spot that they have, and two, they're taking opportunities and scholarships and medals from women that person worked their full lives for it."

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Regardless, the justice ruled successful favour of Fleming and San Jose State.

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