SAN JOSE, Calif. — The situation of a girls’s volleyball match between Nevada and San Jose State on Saturday has been moved from Reno, Nevada, to San Jose, California.
The faculties introduced the choice Tuesday in a joint assertion, with the Mountain West Convention approving the choice.
Within the assertion, the faculties stated, “the choice to maneuver the placement of the match has been made in the perfect curiosity of each applications and the well-being of the student-athletes, coaches, athletic employees and spectators.”
Earlier than the venue change, a bunch of Nevada gamers not too long ago issued a press release saying they won’t take the ground for what was to be their residence sport towards the Spartans. The gamers cited their “proper to security and truthful competitors.” The college, although, reaffirmed on the time the match was nonetheless deliberate and that state legislation bars forfeiture “for causes associated to gender id or expression.”
There’s nonetheless the chance the match ends as a forfeit ought to the Wolf Pack elect to not play. Nevada performs at Fresno State on Thursday.
San Jose State has already seen 4 groups cancel video games this season — Southern Utah, Boise State, Wyoming and Utah State. Not one of the faculties explicitly have stated why it was forfeiting. All these faculties, besides Southern Utah, are within the Mountain West.
Political figures from Wyoming, Idaho and Utah have weighed in and steered the cancellations centered round defending girls’s sports activities. Others have pushed again on that notion.
Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez stated final week she was heartbroken over what has transpired this season surrounding the Spartans and their opponents.
