A video of an apparent conversation between abaseball player and his head coach is making its rounds across social media.university's baseball teamThroughout the video, the presumed coach can be heard purportedly telling the player that he would not play because of his hairstyle.In the video, the player is heard reiterating to the coach that his rule was for his hair to be under a certain length.
"We’re not talking about other players on the team…We’re not going down that route. Why would I go down that route? I don’t care what anyone else says. This is between you and me. I’m the head coach," he replied. The university released a statement on Thursday, saying in part,"The VSU Office of Human Resources is conducting a comprehensive inquiry into the current matter and will address any personnel actions that are deemed to violate university policy if the inquiry reveals anything."