I have never said the players should ignore the rules the coaches set. I have been saying for 3 years the coaches should not set dumb rules. This is a strawman argument is no way refutes my pont that the coaches should not set unrealistic rules as the debate is over what rules coaches should set, not whether or not the players should follow them.
Coaches should leave weed enforcement to the police. If a player gets in legal trouble, then he should be suspended. The coaches are not employers (are the players legally student athletes or employees?) and should not set unrealistic expectaions for college kids.
If I said “the coaches should not require the players to hop on one foot to class”, you could argue the coaches should for whatever the reason, but no one is debating whether or not the players have to follow their coach’s instructions.
No one is arguing the coaches can set rules and the players have to follow them. All those arguments about a player failing to follow the rules are nothing but a huge strawman. Yes, players have to follow the rules. I am saying dumb rules should be changed. Saying the players “have to follow the rules” does not justify a single rule and is irrelevant to the merits of the rules.
If Herman said “every player on my team must use LSD”, would “a coach can set the rules and the players have to follow it” justify that rule? No.
Last edited: Nov 13, 2017