(Idaho Family Policy Center) Two Boise State women’s volleyball athletes just filed a lawsuit over Mountain West Conference policies that resulted in a forfeited match against San Jose State University (SJSU) in September.
The BSU athletes are joined by a coalition of a coach and several athletes from four other universities in the Mountain West Conference. They’re alleging that a Mountain West Conference policy – which forces teams to forfeit if they won’t compete against gender-confused athletes – violates their rights under Title IX and the U.S. Constitution:
“Recently, the [Mountain West Conference and San Jose State University have] diminished sport opportunities for women, spread inaccurate information, used their positions to chill and suppress speech with which they disagree, and punished dozens of female collegiate volleyball student-athletes for taking a public stand for their right to compete in a separate sports category, all in a concerted effort to stamp out debate over women’s rights in sport.” (Read More)
