Upset that ‘government and politics’ have gotten involved in sports
Four collegiate rivals have forfeited their women’s volleyball matches against San José State University due to the participation of a biological male on its team — and the SJSU coach isn’t happy about it.
“[O]f course, we’re disappointed that we’re losing opportunities to play,” SJSU coach Todd Kress (pictured) said recently according to The Denver Post.
“It’s not just us that are losing opportunities to play,” Kress added. “It’s the people choosing not to play us, and that’s very unfortunate when it comes to these young women who have earned the right to step on the court and play.”
But one of those “women” is Blaire Fleming, a trans-identifying male who, according to Outkick, is one of “the top two players on [SJSU] for total successful attacks and the average number of successful attacks per game.”
Kress further lamented that “government and politics have kind of intertwined itself with college sports.”
“That’s one area that government I don’t think should be involved,” he said. “And so it seems, or at least it appears, that some of those decisions are being made at levels to where they’re denying their student-athletes to play.”
On Thursday, Kress asked Colorado State U. head volleyball coach Emily Kohan “Should I say thank you for playing us tonight?” as her team not only played SJSU, but beat them three games to nil. (Outkick notes SJSU’s best player was injured, and despite Fleming leading the team in kills “she” had about half the team’s hitting errors.)
Kohan said she agreed with Kress about politics, saying “Wouldn’t it be nice if none of us had to get involved?”
Kohan added she has a “strong desire” to develop “critical thinkers” on her team, noting she wants them to “be able to make really conscious and mature decisions,” and to “always make those decisions out of kindness.”
Denver Post sports columnist Sean Keeler applauded Kohan and CSU for deciding to play SJSU and being above trying to score “cheap political points.” He said “Leading with kindness. What a concept.”
On the other hand, Outkick’s Dan Zaksheske wrote “When policies are led by feelings (like kindness) instead of by logic, reason and facts (like basic biology), then society comes apart.”
“That’s why this is such a major issue,” Zaksheske added. “It’s not just about allowing a confused young person to switch genders and play women’s sports. It’s about setting policy based on feelings over facts.”
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