Boise State, who twice boycotted regular-season matches with San Jose State, pulled out of the Mountain West women’s volleyball tournament Wednesday night even after securing a spot in the semi-finals against the Spartans.
The important bits:
Idaho governor Brad Little signed an executive order on 28 August called the Defending Women’s Sports Act that challenges how Title IX rules are interpreted in that state.
“Biological males – men and boys – have physical differences that give them an unfair advantage when competing with women and girls in athletics,” Little said at the time.
A lawsuit was recently filed in Colorado by players from various schools against the conference and San Jose State officials calling for a Spartans player not to be allowed participation in the tournament, citing unspecified reports asserting there was a transgender player on the San Jose State volleyball team, even naming her.
US magistrate judge S Kato Crews in Denver ruled Monday that the player is allowed to play, and a federal appeals court upheld the decision the following day.
Headline should just be “Boise State values discrimination more than the hard work of their athletes”.
Oh no Boise state, oh well.
Fuck Idaho. It’s a shit state for shit people.
An entire state beholden to religious extremists. It’s wild.
From the deep south, in Washington now, I’ve stepped out of my car in Idaho once to get gas when I was driving out here. Holy shit the vibes were straight sundown town
I’m mad I had to read the whole thing to figure out what the fuck was going on.
