Air Force refuses to let fan wear 'Keep Women's Sports Female' shirt at volleyball match vs San Jose State

Fox News' Claudia Cowen reports the latest on the controversy from Sausalito, California. 

Security at the Air Force Academy prevented a fan from wearing a "Keep Women’s Sports Female" shirt during a women’s volleyball match against San Jose State on Saturday. 

OutKick obtained video of the moment security officials told the fan, John Kopecky, that he had to unzip his sweatshirt to reveal what his T-shirt read underneath. Kopecky obliged, and after reading his shirt, security told him he couldn’t display that during the match.

Kopecky told OutKick that the reasoning was due to his shirt being a "political" message, which was not allowed.

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"They’ve never made me unzip a hoody to get in before, so that was unusual," Kopecky told OutKick. 

The San Jose State women’s volleyball team has been the subject of national headlines, with several schools choosing to forfeit matches against the Spartans due to transgender player Blaire Fleming on the roster.  

Kopecky continued to explain the situation at the Air Force Academy match, saying that security allowed him into the game but warned him not to take off his sweatshirt or he would be asked to leave. 

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"I saw security pointing me out to the superintendent [and] the commandant," he explained. "I could kind of see out of the corner of my eye, they were pointing at where I was sitting."

Kopecky said there were other different procedures at this match against the Spartans compared to other Air Force home volleyball matches in the past. First, there was a banner telling fans that signs