PitchingFan posted:I would agree with vast majority. There are very few programs that I have seen other than military schools that REQUIRE short hair and clean shaven. I like it but again not worth fighting over.
OK, Pitchingfan and BJER, for the sake of fun debate....
Thought I'd have some fun with this and do a little test... I wanted to pick something middle-of-the-road, something that should be fairly typical and likely representative of the whole. So, I picked a mid level D1 conference, not too high or low on academic focus, not too far West or East, not ultra-conservative or ultra-liberal, and one I happen to have particular new interest in 
. I give to you the Mid-American Conference....
I looked at each of the ten school baseball rosters via "list view" that shows head shots of each player for 2019. 8 of the 10 schools have ZERO players or coaches with hair longer than the neck lines of the jerseys. The vast majority of those players are either completely clean shaven or have very well trimmed facial hair. The other two schools have two players and three players respectively with hair longer than the neck line and four of those five, the hair is just barely to the neckline. Again, the majority are clean shaven or well groomed and short on facial hair.
You mean to tell me over 300 20ish year olds are all deciding on their own to keep themselves that clean cut with no influence from the program HC??? Look at the team shots. Come on, really?
To be honest, I was surprised to see it that far to the extreme of clean cut across the board. This is the reality of college baseball today... right there in front of you, plain as black & white... or color, rather 
Yes, of course, there are countless exceptions. But there are certainly plenty of coaches and programs who do have some influence/guidelines with regard to long hair. To bring that back around, I'm sure that those coaches would prefer seeing HS recruits looking like future college players than not.