Three days after Boise State decided to forfeit a women’s volleyball game due to the reported presence of a transgender player on the opposing team, San Jose State athletic director Jeff Konya emailed his counterpart Jeremiah Dickey asking for Boise State to repay at least $1,250 in estimated revenue lost due to the cancellation.
After emphasizing that San Jose State had complied with all NCAA and Mountain West conference rules regarding transgender athletes, Konya wrote: “(F)rom a practical matter, your institution’s arbitrary decision not to play an otherwise eligible team has resulted in harm to SJSU financially and our institution brand.”
The $1,250 figure, Konya wrote, was largely tied to what San Jose State would expect to bring in that day for concessions and parking…