ABSTRACT
Jenna Bachrouche identified as a Muslim and, when she first arrived at Oakland University (OU), older players warned her that she should follow the team's unofficial motto of "praying to play" if she wanted to make it at OU. At the conclusion of the 2012 basketball season, a women's basketball player requested a transfer from OU. Had student-athletes been aware of ways to report Coach Beckie Francis' actions to authorities beyond the athletics department or outside of the university, perhaps feedback and certain directives could have been given to the coach well before her abuse drove so many women away from the OU basketball team. Not only did Francis harm OU women's basketball team members through her obsession with their bodies, her use of religion represented another overreach of power and violation of students' rights. Research consistently shows that media and pop culture are extremely powerful factors when women are judging their beauty.
