In high school my sons coach got on him about wearing his hair to long. After that, every year he wore his hair short. After the last play-off game his senior year he decided that not only was he going to not cut his hair but he was not shaving until he had to go off to college and college baseball.
Three weeks before we drop him off he cuts his hair and shaves. Gets to college with his short hair and all the upper classmen baseball players have long hair and some with beards. New head coach walks into first practice and divides the players up. Mostly freshman on one side and a really scruffy group on the other. Coach starts practice with only the clean cut group and does not address the others. About thirty minutes into practice he walks over and tells the other group, I only coach baseball players and those look like baseball players and points at the freshman. Day 2 of practice all of the boys practiced. All the clean shaven and short haired boys that is