After players said they were frustrated by a lack of response initially, BYU officials this week said they will address the concerns internally
After a match against Boise State on Friday, Feb. 11, which the Cougars lost, Porter criticized one of his players, telling the entire team that in the past his body language after a bad shot made him look as though he found out someone had “raped and killed his mother.” The players met with Porter on Monday, letting more of their anger out, making it clear to him the toxic environment needs to be corrected.
It read: “Many on the team are feeling scared to step forward and feel threatened as time after time our head coach has gotten away with many wrongful and abusive actions.” The letter continued: “Moreover, staff assigned to look out for us, Brian Santiago and Tom Holmoe, have ignored our concerns and their response made us feel that we do not matter so we are now forced to look for help to be heard from someone else who can help us as students being abused. Brian Santiago and Tom Holmoe have acted as if we do not matter, which for us is an act of discrimination, and negligence.
The letter said that Porter deprived the team on some road trips of meals, that the coach “did not let us eat until we got back to BYU.” At one tournament, Porter left two of his players allegedly at the hotel where the team was staying, threatening anyone who had intentions of going back to pick them up, that they would be removed from the team. Those players left behind were forced to pay for an Uber for transport to their matches.
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