Sorry guys, once a HS coach decides to make the summer team a "for-profit business" all bets are off. Once the line is crossed it is no longer a "High School Team". You can try to justify it but at the end of the day it is now a "pay to play for-profit business" and the players are now the customers. It is unfortunate that this is the way the sport has progressed but this is the reality. You simply can not have it both ways. It is either business or it is a HS Team. It can not be both.
So here we go again.......Cant have a HS/JV coach for summer travel teams. Cant have "daddy" coaches. Cant have college kids because they are usually hung over wearing flip flops and are here for summer only. College coach??.....cmon really, they are out scouting for their real team. So please, inform me who should be coaching summer travel teams that would meet your criteria???
I do not think that anyone says that a HS coach can't coach in the summer. Just stop calling it a HS Team and stop with the BS about commitment etc...
If there is coercion to play and the coach is profiting it is extortion.
"ex·tor·tion /ikˈstôrSH(ə)n/
noun: extortion; plural noun: extortions
the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.
synonyms: blackmail, shakedown"
If there is any threat of punishment or negative consequence for not playing (paying) for a HS coaches for-profit summer team then there is a major problem.
