Women’s volleyball stars have message for NCAA after Texas AG sues organization over transgender inclusion in women’s sports
San Jose State women’s volleyball star Brooke Slusser has issued a warning to the NCAA after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the organization over transgender participation in women’s sports.
Paxton filed a lawsuit on Sunday accusing the organization of deceptive marketing practices that allowed transgender women to compete against biological females. Paxton said in a press release that the NCAA violated the Texas Trade Practices Act, which “exists to protect consumers from attempts by businesses to mislead or deceive them into purchasing goods or services that are not as advertised.”
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San Jose Spartans player Brooke Slusser filed a lawsuit against the team. (Courtesy of San Jose Athletics)
Sluther, who is suing her school and the NCAA for allowing transgender women on the Spartan roster this season, posted about Paxton’s lawsuit.
“Hey NCAA, in case you haven’t realized it yet, this battle is only going to get harder and harder for you until you make a change!” Slusser wrote on X.
Slasser and other plaintiffs had asked a judge to issue an injunction barring Blair Fleming from participating in last month’s Mountain West women’s volleyball tournament, but were denied.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit Sunday. (Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
San Jose State reached the tournament finals but lost to Colorado State.
Paxton accused the NCAA of “engaging in false, deceptive and misleading practices by promoting sporting events as ‘women’s’ games, thus providing consumers with mixed-gender games in which biological males compete against biological females.”
“The NCAA intentionally jeopardized the safety and well-being of women by deceptively changing the women’s game to a co-ed tournament,” Paxton said in a statement. “For example, when people watch the women’s volleyball game, they expect to see women competing against Other women compete, not men who pretend to be biological men they are not. Radical ‘gender theory’ has no place in college sports.”
Paxton said he is seeking a permanent injunction from the court that would prohibit the NCAA from allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports in Texas or “allow Texas teams to participate, or require the NCAA to stop promoting the event as ‘ women’, when in fact these events are co-ed.
NCAA President Charlie Baker speaks during a press conference at NCAA headquarters on August 13, 2024 in Indianapolis. (Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar/USA TODAY NETWORK)
The NCAA released a statement to Fox Digital News late Sunday.
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“College athletics is the premier arena for women’s sports in the United States, and while the NCAA will not comment on pending litigation, the association and its members will continue to promote Title IX, make unprecedented investments in women’s sports, and ensure fair competition at all NCAA championships. ” the organization said.
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