by AlwaysImprove » Fri Mar 20, 2015 3:40 pm
Coach can definitely refuse to release your daughter next year. There is an appeals process. That appeal is supposed to go up to a level above Athletic Department, but all of this really depends on university.
You will increase your position in the initial meeting the more you are able to make an academic or life based, i.e. a non-sports case. Not liking the coach can easily be turned into "wants to better her softball career." Holdouts are becoming more rare but this year, ULL and SDSU have both held out on students. This despite their huge rosters, and in ULL's case low number of seniors.
Every time the transfer comes built on a case of academics, they get approved.
- Kid not getting good enough grades.
- Kid not getting challenged, school is not academically challenging enough. Better have straight A's if you are playing this card.
- Kid has decided on a major that school does not offer.
- Kid has selected a major and softball coach suggests she not take that major.
Hard for a school to hold out on academic motivated transfer.
Keep in mind athletes in NCAA are not allowed to talk to another school until they have permission from their current school. If you are known to talk to coaches before permission, that will be brought up as a negative in any further parts of the process. If you ask permission now you will certainly see your play time go to zero. You can most definitely use your select coach to talk to other schools and find out what options you may have. He can and should talk to a number of college coaches on your behalf.