A women’s volleyball coach at San Jose State University (SJSU) reportedly has been suspended after filing a Title IX discrimination complaint regarding a transgender player.
The SJSU women’s volleyball team reportedly includes a male athlete who identifies as female. As a result, several other college volleyball teams have forfeited their matches against SJSU to protect their players and promote fairness in women’s sports.
Focus On The Family’s Daily Citizen reports SJSU coach Melissa Batie-Smoose recently filed a complaint alleging SJSU has shown the transgender player favoritism at the expense of the female athletes on the volleyball team and that the school has created a toxic environment for the other players.
San Jose State University reportedly suspended Coach Batie-Smoose the weekend after she filed the complaint.
We have written time and again about how women’s athletics is at risk of being erased in America.
For example, female cyclists, swimmers, powerlifters, sprinters, and others have seen their sports radically changed by men who identify and compete as women.
Letting men compete in women’s sports isn’t just unfair. In some cases, it can even be dangerous.
Fortunately, educators, policymakers, and athletic organizations are taking steps to protect women’s sports.
Last year the North American Grappling Association clarified its competition policy, saying biological males must compete against other men, regardless of their gender identity.
Earlier this year the professional golf league NXXT Golf announced that only biological females would be eligible to participate in the NXXT Women’s Pro Tour.
And the NAIA college athletics association has announced a policy that should prevent male athletes from competing in women’s sports.
Many states — including Arkansas — have enacted laws that preserve fairness in women’s sports.
In 2021 Arkansas passed Act 461 by Sen. Missy Irvin (R — Mountain View) and Rep. Sonia Barker (R — Smackover) preventing male student athletes from competing against girls in women’s athletics at school. This good law protects fairness in women’s sports in Arkansas.
It’s worth point out that public opinion is shifting on this issue, with more Americans agreeing that athletes ought to compete according to their biological sex rather than their gender identity.
Letting men compete in women’s sports reverses 50 years of advancements for women. Family Council applauds coaches like Melissa Batie-Smoose, policymakers, athletic associations, and others who are willing to stand up for fairness in women’s sports.
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