Three months after securing his new concert as leading football coach at the University of West Virginia, Rich Rodriguez is establishing the law as the City Council in Footloose.
Rodriguez, 61, announced on Monday, March 10, players could not dance Tiktok while members of their list.
“They will be there, so I do not ban them,” Rodríguez told journalists on the popular social media platform. “I only prohibit them to dance. It is like, look, we try to have a hard edge or anything, and you are in the panties dancing in Tiktok, it is not the image of our program I want. “”
He added: “I am authorized to do

Instead, Rodríguez said he hopes that his players will be able to remain concentrated in his goals of grids instead of the latest social network dance trends.
“I hope our approach can focus on winning football games,” he concluded. “How much to win the football game and don’t worry about winning the tiktok?”
Rodríguez’s Tiktok’s Dance Prohibition gained many social media criticism for a number of reasons.
“Rich Rod is outdated but not obtuse,” wrote a person track X. “So delegitimizes a path for its athletes to make a brand for their own financial future. It creates a chilling effect on self -determination and is definitely controlled.”
Another write“Not only Richrod prohibits his players by dancing Tiktok (a series of words I never thought I would write together) a potential labor problem, but also violates the rights of the first amendment of athletes.”
Tiktok has become an increasingly popular space for university athletes, including the old Colorado Superstrel Travis Hunter.
Hunter, 21, has accumulated 1.9 million followers to Tiktok, with a video from June 2024 showing him dancing to Gloril and Megan Thee Stallion“Se Wanna Be” while carrying a number of people gaining 12.9 million views.
Despite his presence in Tiktok, Hunter won the Heisman Trophy in December 2024, granted annually to the best university football player in the country.
A native of Virginia of the west, Rodríguez was previously coach of the mountaineers from 2001 to 2007.
“I am happy to have the opportunity to be the main football coach at West Virginia University,” Rodríguez said in a statement after his hiring in December. “My family and I are grateful for directing the mountain football program and we hope to work with the many followers, fans and friends to build the best football program in America. Take me home!”