A lawsuit was filed against the Mountain West Conference, the California State University system, San Jose State University's head women's volleyball coach, and two administrators surrounding the ongoing controversy that one of the Spartans' players was reported to be transgender.

A lawsuit filed against the Mountain West Conference on Wednesday asks for a San Jose State University volleyball player to be declared ineligible for the MWC tournament, SJSU's wins to be vacated and the entire team to be deemed tournament ineligible.

A group of volleyball players and coaches files a lawsuit against the Mountain West, demanding that a San Jose State University player be declared ineligible for the conference tournament.

The plaintiffs include SJSU co-captain Brooke Slusser, assistant coach Melissa Batie-Smoose and two former Spartans players.

The San Jose State University women’s volleyball team is headed to the Mountain West Conference playoffs, the conference announced Saturday.

A lawsuit filed on Wednesday asks for a San Jose State University volleyball player to be declared ineligible for the Mountain West Conference tournament because the player is reportedly transgender.

Two Boise State volleyball players have joined a lawsuit against the Mountain West, Commissioner Gloria Nevarez, and four San Jose State officials. The lawsuit pertains to a transgender athlete on San Jose State’s volleyball team and alleges violations of Title IX and the players’ First and 14th Amendment rights.

The lawsuit adds more fuel to America’s fiery debate over the participation of trans women in women’s sports. Like the lawsuit against the NCAA, it is funded by ICONS, co-founded by

Current and former San Jose State women’s volleyball players are part of a 12-person lawsuit filed against the Mountain West and commissioner Gloria Nevarez alleging Title IX and First Amendment violations amid the controversy surrounding transgender Blaire Fleming’s roster status,