I truly believe that Holly listened to those who listened to her first. Holly had her own vision and anything that interrupted it was considered an obstacle. I was such an obstacle. Meme Jackson requested me as her summer coach. Holly denied meme’s request. Holly called me and left a message citing the reason for not letting me work with her was that “I had been too hard on the team in my postings on social media”. … I wasn't hard on the team I was hard on CHW and her staff…I am a coach and as such, I have to believe that I can get the best out of any player…therefore, I don’t often blame a player. (there are exceptions to this, some players ARE impossible, but I have only met a handful in the well over 2,000 girls I have worked with
Less than two weeks later another player’s father sought me out for a workout. I put that player through my 40-drill workout at a local church gym. And even after telling them of my experience with CHW , they still both wanted to continue, two-a-weeks. ((Note: some of you may be considering that I went underhanded here, but there are bylaws that lets an institution’s coach select summer influences aligned with the university and the athlete themselves are allowed a certain number of player/parent selected personal trainers. This player’s father sought me out so it was not in association with the staff. . . .However, two weeks later, all off-campus workouts were eliminated.)
That is an amazing story! Holly violated so many NCAA regulations! Once word about this gets out, watch out for the sanctions!
The NCAA bylaws state:
17.3.6 Out-of-Season Athletically Related Activities. In basketball, student-athletes and members of the coaching staff shall not engage in countable athletically related activities outside the institution's playing season except as permitted in Bylaw
17.1.7.2.
(Revised: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05, 4/27/06 effective 8/1/06)
[My Note - Those exemptions relate to Football; being a paid counselor in coaching clinics, and last but not least, a window in the spring semester where Fall sports are allowed to have a limited number of coach-supervised practices]
17.3.6.1 Summer Practice. Practice that is organized or financially supported by a member institution shall be prohibited during the summer unless specifically authorized in the bylaws (e.g., foreign tour) or through official interpretations. An institution may pay fees associated with the use of institutional practice and competition facilities by student-athletes engaged in voluntary athletically related activities in their sport.
(Adopted: 4/28/05, Revised: 9/27/05, 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)
There are also a whole bunch of rules which govern the conduct of "voluntary student athletic activity" but the main restriction is that the coaches cannot be involved; can not provide direct incentives nor would it be legal for a coach to "cancel" these voluntary activities over which he/she is prohibited from being involved in.
From the NCAA website:
What is a “voluntary” activity?
A:To be considered a “voluntary” activity, all the following conditions must be met:•The student-athlete must not be required to report back to a coach or other athletics department staff member (e.g., strength coach, trainer, manager) any information related to the activity. In addition, noncoaching athletics department staff members who observe the activity (e.g., strength coach, trainer, manager) may not report back to the student-athlete’s coach any information related to the activity. [Note: Coaches may not observe voluntary activities.]•The activity must be initiated and requested solely by the student-athlete. Neither the institu-tion nor any athletics department staff member may require the student-athlete to participate in the activity at any time.•The student-athlete’s attendance and participation in the activity (or lack thereof) may not be recorded for the purpose of reporting such information to coaching staff members or to other student-athletes; and•The student-athlete may not be subjected to penalty if he or she elects not to participate in the activity. In addition, neither the institution nor any athletics department staff member may provide recognition or incentives (e.g., awards) to a student-athlete based on his or her atten-dance or performance in the activity
If a coach were to intervene in voluntary activities, they would then become "countable athletic related activities" and place the institution in a violation that carries some serious penalties.
So gosh darn, that Holly! She not only violated these very monitored and enforced rules, which could still lead to major consequences for the program, but she also left an email trail to boot, all because she did not like some posts on Volnation.
My, my, that is just unbelievable!
