Colorado State head coach Emily Kohan defended her players’ actions, saying that the players “have knelt since their freshman year.”
The Colorado State women’s college volleyball player who is accused of conspiring with trans-identified male athlete Blaire Flemming to hurt a teammate was seen kneeling during the national anthem ahead of the Mountain West volleyball championship.
San Jose State, whose roster includes Blair Fleming, a biological male identifying as female, advanced to the championship after Boise State forfeited their semifinal match. Fleming’s inclusion on San Jose State’s team has sparked debates about fairness, with several schools opting to forfeit matches rather than compete throughout the season.
The controversy escalated Friday when Colorado State’s Malaya Jones, recently named Mountain West Player of the…
