Bob Hohler with an eye-opening piece in the globe today about the UMass field hockey coach, doing a bait and switch on recruits. in the main instance, the article alleges that she initially offered a 50% scholarship for each of the four years and then right before the beginning of the first semester, asked the girl and her family to alter the arrangement to back load the scholarship, before cutting the player after her first semester and saying she wouldn’t be receiving the increased terms. This was, despite the fact that there had been no academic issues or misconduct, the only circumstances with which athletic scholarships can be revoked.
The article make some interesting points about the impact that the transfer window may be having on collegiate management of athletic rosters, as well as the fact that it seems like female coaches, are being held to a higher standard on this kind of thing than men. Earlier this year, the.Globe ran a pretty damning expose on the Harvard women’s hockey coach. Hohler also delves into whether students and their families of outsized expectations about the scholarship process – and weather as a society. We are more protective of female athletes, who have been wronged, or potentially wronged.
I am on mobile, so I’m not sure if this article is behind the pay wall and can add some quotes later if necessary. But I’d be interested to know what other posters with more experience in these issues think. The audio recordings of the conversation between the player and coach certainly don’t paint the coach in a particularly flattering light. But it also suggests that the coach is not only successful, but well liked, and may be being pressured by the athletic department.
The article make some interesting points about the impact that the transfer window may be having on collegiate management of athletic rosters, as well as the fact that it seems like female coaches, are being held to a higher standard on this kind of thing than men. Earlier this year, the.Globe ran a pretty damning expose on the Harvard women’s hockey coach. Hohler also delves into whether students and their families of outsized expectations about the scholarship process – and weather as a society. We are more protective of female athletes, who have been wronged, or potentially wronged.
I am on mobile, so I’m not sure if this article is behind the pay wall and can add some quotes later if necessary. But I’d be interested to know what other posters with more experience in these issues think. The audio recordings of the conversation between the player and coach certainly don’t paint the coach in a particularly flattering light. But it also suggests that the coach is not only successful, but well liked, and may be being pressured by the athletic department.