The Women’s Basketball Team of the University of the island of Vancouver lost in the first round of the National Tournament of the Collegial Sports Association of Canada on Wednesday at Mohawk College.
The defeat marked the end of a controversial championship for the program after a quarrel of a season with his rival Columbia Bible College against the transgender player of Viu, Harriette Mackenzie. VIU will continue to play in the tournament despite the loss, in competition in the support of a loser.
Mackenzie played a leading role in the attempt to maintain the hopes of the VIU championship alive on Wednesday, leading the team with 20 points and 17 rebounds. No other player on the VIU list has recorded more than eight points or five rebounds.
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Mackenzie’s Instagram account also seemed to be disabled after loss. He was active as recently as on Wednesday morning.
Mackenzie and Viu refused to comment in response to a request for PK Press Club Digital.
Mackenzie was recently appointed all Canadians for the second time and led Viu to a victory for the Pacwest Tournament against CBC, winning the Honnets of the MVP of the Tournament. Mackenzie was the player of the conference in 2023.
Mackenzie can come back for another collegial season because the CCAA offers athletes five years of eligibility.
Viu’s quarrel with CBC started in a match on October 25 between the two teams, which Viu won 69-56 after Mackenzie scored a 19-point top. Five days after this match, the athlete published an Instagram video alleging that the CBC head coach Taylor Claggett has stuck one of our sports employees and made a tirade on how I should not be allowed to play. “”
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It was also alleged that Mackenzie was deliberately the victim of a fault on the ground by a CBC player. In response, Claggett published his own declaration on Instagram, saying that Mackenzie’s statements were inaccurate.
“My intention has nothing to do with a specific athlete, but instead, the safety of female athletes in his sport,” wrote Clargett.
VIU then submitted an official complaint to the PACWEST, which prompted an investigation against VIU. When the two teams were to be played again in two games from January 10 to 11, VIU refused to play due to the alleged incident of their first meetings.
“Intimidation, harassment and discrimination do not have their place in athletics,” said VIU in a statement at PK Press Club Digital in January concerning the decision not to play. “VIU fully supports our students athletes and affirms the right of all athletes to participate in an environment that prioritizes their safety and well-being.”
VIU asked that the two plans do not count as losses in the team’s file, which was granted by the PACWEST.
CBC provided a statement to PK Press Club Digital this weekend declaring “the accusations that CBC, his coaches, his players and his fans are a threat of security are simply false and badly informed”.
CBC players then sentenced Mackenzie to a letter sent to PK Press Club Digital.
CBC players blamed Mackenzie for “personal attacks”, “defamatory comments” and even “comments that encourage violence” against their coach.
“The videos and letters published by members of the Women’s basketball team VIU in the last three months have directly violated several rules set out in article 17.2 of the manual. Various articles have included personal attacks ”, defamatory comments,` `lack of respect for the pacwest ‘and led to comments that encourage violence and / or hate’ ‘led by our’ Coach, “the letter indicated.
“All the allegations made by the VIU players concerning our team and our coach should have been directly communicated to Pacwest managers alone, they should not have been downloaded publicly on social networks.”
The PACWEST suspended CLAGGETT in early February and CBC lost its right to welcome the PACWEST championships after a conference investigation.
From June 2017, all places in Canada were ordered to comply with Canadian Human Rights ActEqual opportunities and / or anti-discrimination legislation prohibiting discrimination against gender identity or the expression of gender identity. This law protects the inclusion of all trans athletes in female and girls sports.
