[81alum]

So here is a question.  How is it that when an Oregon State player is injured, there are banner headlines about her status for the rest of the season, but when a Stanford player is injured, the information is locked in that special NSC safe in the basement of the Whitehouse?

Relative priorities. Is the player's privacy more important than satisfying fans curiosity?  I'm ok with not knowing all the details if that is what our players prefer.

BC

A a faculty member, I have taken the FERPA training on student privacy, and fully understand that universities (all parts of a university--not just coaches) cannot reveal personal information about students without their express permission.  But the same laws pertain to Oregon State as they do to Stanford.

On the other hand, I notice that Nadia Fingall and Kat Tudor had similar headlines last year, so it seems as if players consent to having their personal information released when they have season-ending injuries, but that they refuse (or their coaches choose?) not to have their privacy violated when the injuries are not necessarily season-ending.

Is that right?  If so, why?  Why is privacy more important for short term injuries than for long term injuries?

I suspect it has nothing really to do with the student's desire for privacy, or there would be more consistency.

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That is a great shame.  She is their Haley Jones.  

Referees and injuries--the two things that can suck a lot of the fun out of this game.

Totally agree, and yes, OSU has been bitten by injuries a lot too, unfortunately.

But if Brown is their Haley Jones, who is Taylor Jones? Their Aaliyah Boston? Brown is impressive for a frosh, but I was not knocked off my socks the way Taylor Jones has impressed me. To me, she, Aaliyah Boston, and Maryland's Ashley Owusu are all neck and neck for Frosh of the Year.

I thought about this potential misunderstanding even as I posted--and should have been clearer.  I meant she was their Haley Jones only in the sense that they had grown quite dependent on that freshmen only to have her taken away by injury.  In no way is she as gifted as Haley Jones,

[81alum]

So here is a question.  How is it that when an Oregon State player is injured, there are banner headlines about her status for the rest of the season, but when a Stanford player is injured, the information is locked in that special NSC safe in the basement of the Whitehouse?

Relative priorities. Is the player's privacy more important than satisfying fans curiosity?  I'm ok with not knowing all the details if that is what our players prefer.

BC

A a faculty member, I have taken the FERPA training on student privacy, and fully understand that universities (all parts of a university--not just coaches) cannot reveal personal information about students without their express permission.  But the same laws pertain to Oregon State as they do to Stanford.

On the other hand, I notice that Nadia Fingall and Kat Tudor had similar headlines last year, so it seems as if players consent to having their personal information released when they have season-ending injuries, but that they refuse (or their coaches choose?) not to have their privacy violated when the injuries are not necessarily season-ending.

Is that right?  If so, why?  Why is privacy more important for short term injuries than for long term injuries?

I suspect it has nothing really to do with the student's desire for privacy, or there would be more consistency.

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That is a great shame.  She is their Haley Jones.  

Referees and injuries--the two things that can suck a lot of the fun out of this game.

Totally agree, and yes, OSU has been bitten by injuries a lot too, unfortunately.

But if Brown is their Haley Jones, who is Taylor Jones? Their Aaliyah Boston? Brown is impressive for a frosh, but I was not knocked off my socks the way Taylor Jones has impressed me. To me, she, Aaliyah Boston, and Maryland's Ashley Owusu are all neck and neck for Frosh of the Year.

I thought about this potential misunderstanding even as I posted--and should have been clearer.  I meant she was their Haley Jones only in the sense that they had grown quite dependent on that freshmen only to have her taken away by injury.  In no way is she as gifted as Haley Jones,