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On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:24:01 -0000 (UTC), useapen
<[email protected]> wrote:

A female athlete on the San Jose State Spartans women's volleyball team
said they are "distraught" over the sudden firing of their assistant
coach who spoke out against the inclusion of a transgender athlete on
the team.

Melissa Batie-Smoose, the San Jose State Spartans women�s volleyball >associate head coach, was suspended indefinitely after she filed a
Title IX complaint against the school alleging that Blaire Fleming, the >team�s transgender player, conspired with an opponent to help the team
lose a match and injure teammate Brooke Slusser.

SAN JOSE STATE TRANS VOLLEYBALL PLAYER GETS 250TH KILL OF SEASON AS
TEAM FACES SAFETY AND AND COMPETITION CONCERNS

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Melissa Batie-Smoose was terminated after she filed a Title IX
complaint. (Fox News Channel)

In an appearance on "America Reports" Tuesday, Slusser said Batie-
Smoose's firing came as a shock to the female athletes who've relied on
her as their only sounding board to air their frustrations about
playing with a biological male on their all-female team.

"I think you can imagine, she was that one person that everyone felt
like they could voice their opinion [to] and truly speak how they felt
with the whole situation and feel comforted," Slusser said. "And them
[sic] taking that away from us � everyone felt distraught. And
especially finding out minutes before a game, it was just a horrible >situation."

Batie-Smoose previously told OutKick that she was told not to speak to
the media after she was terminated, accusing the school of trying to
"silence people that are speaking up for their First Amendment rights
and for what's right."

She added she wanted to "make sure I'm standing strong that only women
should be in women's sports."

San Jose State released a statement to OutKick after Batie-Smoose was >suspended.

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San Jose State Spartans player Brooke Slusser has a lawsuit filed
against the team. (Courtesy of San Jose State Athletics)

"The associate head coach of the San Jose State University women�s
volleyball team is not with the team at this time, and we will not
provide further information on this matter," the team said.

The school was thrust into the spotlight of national partisan debate
between gender identity rights and the sanctity of women�s sports over
the course of a heated election year. Slusser made headlines after she
joined a lawsuit against the NCAA alleging that San Jose State had not
warned any of its recruits that it had a transgender athlete on the
team. Slusser says she played two full seasons with Fleming, sharing a
locker room and rooms on overnight trips without being told that
Fleming was a biological male.

INSIDE SAN JOSE STATE'S POLICE BATTLE TO PROTECT WOMEN'S ATHLETES
THREATENED BY A TRANSGENDER CULTURE WAR

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From front left to right, San Jose State setter Brooke Slusser
celebrates after scoring a point with libero Randilyn Reeves, outside
hitter Blaire Fleming and libero Alessia Buffagni during the first set
of an NCAA college volleyball match against Colorado State, Thursday,
Oct. 3, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The national controversy has led to seven canceled matches this season.

"It's sad that the school still chooses to prioritize one man�s needs
over an entire team and be willing to get rid of half of our season
because of it," Slusser said on "America Reports." "It�s amazing that
other teams in the conference can stand up and just say, no, we are not
doing this, and yet our school is still okay with having one person on
our team that is causing all of these issues and yet will not get rid
of them."

The volleyball team leader previously told Fox News Digital in an
exclusive interview that the university's handling of the situation has
left her feeling "unsafe" and in an unprotected position after multiple >threats against her life.

"No matter what people�s opinions are, whether they want to support not >allowing trans in the NCAA, or if they do support that, whatever they
think, there obviously are two sides to having me on the team and
having Blaire on the team, so it�s just this fear that you never even
know what people are going to do these days," Slusser said.

The team now travels with armed security as it continues to dominate
the national conversation surrounding the participation of transgender >athletes on female teams.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

Conversation

redcone
15 hours ago

None of us ever supported men playing against women. Yet the powers to
be have slithered in, changed the rules, and forced the insanity upon
us. Taking away women rights and claiming they are for women rights. >Immediately stifling and firing anyone that objects to it all at the
expense of everyone else.

Bring back reality, stop pandering to the insanity, end all that is
wrong with men competing against women because of mentally maligned
gender identity. We can't stand it, do not support it, and want it to
end immediately.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/san-jose-state-volleyball-team- >distraught-over-coachs-firing-following-lawsuit-protect-womens-sports

Slowly but surely this transgender nonsense is going away. More and
more people are refusing to put uip with it.

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