Gay college volleyball participant Jordan Lucas was the goal of a remark suggesting he be punched within the face, made by volleyball legend Charlie Brande throughout a broadcast of a latest sport.
When Cal State Northridge and UC-Irvine performed final week, throughout the broadcast Brande noticed a celebration by Lucas after a play. That’s when Brande instructed the printed viewers that Lucas’ habits was unacceptable and recommended he ought to be assaulted.
“I’m amazed Jordan Lucas hasn’t been popped by somebody,” Brande mentioned. “The antics he’s making under the net, it’s very distasteful.”
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Lucas is understood for his transient celebrations after good performs. His “antics,” as Brande referred to as them, are flamboyant may be thought of stereotypically “gay.”
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After seeming to counsel the college athlete ought to be punched within the face, Brande issued the predictable public apology.
“I’d like to publicly apologize for my comment on the UC IRVINE VS CSUN Broadcast, Thursday, April 9,” Charlie Brande mentioned in a remark over the weekend. “Most importantly, I apologize to Jordan, I whole-heartedly remorse my remark in the direction of him. I take full accountability for my remark and the injury it could have brought about. Violence ought to by no means be acceptable or tolerated.
“I have spent my life promoting the game of volleyball and regret any harm to the sport or the people that play it. I will learn from this and work to do better.”
Reached by Outsports, Lucas declined to touch upon the scenario however did verify he’s gay.
Reactions to Charlie Brande suggesting punching Jordan Lucas
Arielle Houlihan, a volleyball coach popular on Instagram who says she has watched Lucas since he was 14, shared a strong assertion about her emotions concerning the athlete’s “antics” and coming to grasp the highly effective impression the younger man has had on different gay males within the sport.
Houlihan additionally mentioned Brande ought to be in “jail” for suggesting somebody commit a “hate crime” in opposition to Lucas.
“Jail. That’s the only word I have for it,” she wrote. “My mouth dropped. An absolute abomination. Popped? So like a hate crime right?”
Volleyball commentator Canaan mentioned Brande’s feedback have been clearly directed at Lucas as a result of the participant is gay.
“If a straight player did this, it’s seen as tough. But because what Jordan did is feminine and flamboyant, all of a sudden he needs to be ‘popped’?”
Canaan went additional, calling for motion from each the Big West Conference and the NCAA.
“This is actually ridiculous,” Canaan said on Instagram. “This can not be tolerated. This is disgusting habits from a college sports activities announcer.
Jordan Lucas is a gay athlete for CSUN volleyball
Lucas has not been shy about being gay on the CSUN volleyball group, even taking group pictures for his former team holding a fan, widespread in gay celebration tradition.
Jordan Lucas is a redshirt junior from the Los Angeles space. He performed for Grand Canyon University earlier than transferring to CSUN. Lucas has a few of the finest stats for CSUN, with the second-most kills and a serve proportion over 90%.
The CSUN Matadors are nationally ranked within the high 25 in NCAA males’s Division I volleyball, with UC-Irvine within the high 10.
Charlie Brande was inducted into the UC-Irvine Athletics Hall of Fame two years in the past. He performed basketball for the Anteaters earlier than shifting to volleyball. He was Director of Volleyball for the varsity, taking on the ladies’s program and training the boys.
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