U of Nevada-Reno Players Now Slamming 'Emotional Blackmail' in Title IX Case

The Title IX saga involving the University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) and San Jose State University (SJSU) continues apace. At the heart of the matter is, again, the lunatic practice of allowing male players to compete on women's athletics teams; in this case, women's volleyball.

In fall 2024, the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) women's volleyball team fell under national scrutiny when it was entwined in the San Jose State (SJSU) trans athlete scandal.
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that it had found SJSU in violation of Title IX on Wednesday, and weeks earlier it announced that UNR is now under investigation for potential Title IX violations for its handling of a scheduled match against SJSU in 2024.
Fox News Digital has obtained exclusive details related to UNR's handling of the situation via testimony from those involved, and public records provided by April Chainey, the mother of a UNR player at the time.

Here's where things get ugly:

On Oct. 7, 2024, UNR administrators sat down its women's volleyball players in a meeting. The purpose was to inform the players that the team would not be forfeiting an upcoming home match against SJSU. At the time, four other schools had already forfeited to the Spartans amid a national controversy involving trans player Blaire Fleming.
UNR players privately expressed a desire to forfeit as well, but informed them that wouldn't be the school's position at the meeting.
UNR did not have a Title IX officer at that meeting, according to an Oct. 12, 2024 email sent by the school's athletics director, Stephanie Rempe.
"Our Title IX Officer was not present," read Rempe's email in response to an inquiry by UNR Chancellor Charlton.

It's difficult to see the omission of a Title IX officer as anything other than deliberate. And here's why:

Former UNR women's volleyball captain Sia Liilii called the meeting a "horrible" experience.

"This meeting was horrible," Liilii told Fox News Digital.
"It took place after the school decided to make a choice for us and it was uncomfortable. They told us there was no advantage by Blaire because she was on estrogen and testosterone blockers in order to level the playing field. A bunch of the girls and I expressed not wanting to play for the reasons of safety, fairness, and an opportunity for women in sports being taken away by a male athlete. Instead of supporting this decision we were told that maybe we should think about all the ‘facts’ first in case we wanted to reconsider.
"It was very concerning that this meeting had no title IX officer and we were given a bunch of ‘facts’ that were not backed in truth."

And that's just it. These things are not based on truth. A male player being on estrogen and testosterone blockers won't erase all of the inherent advantages men have over women in matters of athletics. These treatments may have some effect on muscle mass, but they won't change the greater cardiovascular capacity, they won't reduce the larger, heavier, stronger skeleton, or most of the other biological advantages that come with being conceived as a male. These, not the horse squeeze put forth by the UNR administrators, are the facts.

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But the really disturbing thing is the intimidating tone these administrators apparently took towards these fine young college athletes, who were only expressing legitimate concerns over the unfairness of a practice that can only be seen as idiotic. They were told, in effect, "...Nice little sports career you have here. It would be a shame if anything... happened to it." That's unforgivable. This kind of brow-beating by university officials should be rewarded with immediate dismissal, and in a sane world, that's what would happen.

The game that sparked this incident, between UNR and SJSU, never happened. Now there is a petition in the works to put a ballot initiative in the next Nevada election to only allow women in women's sports - and it's a heck of a thing, that such a head-scratcher of a thing is necessary.

Editor's Note: President Trump is fighting to dismantle the Department of Education and ensure America's kids get the education they deserve.

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