Sorry, but I have to disagree with the Taylors on this. Their son has a right to a free public eduction, but not a right to play sports. He tried out for the team and if he wants to play, then he has to go by the coach's rules. This coach is not the only high school coach in the country that has a rule about hair. A team is the coach's team and that needs to be respected.
Coach's rules like that have never been written down, so why all of a sudden must the be written on paper for them to be valid? When I played basketball, our coach did not allow long hair. The rule was not written down anywhere, but once you made the team, he let you know of the rule if you had long hair. He would even tell you it was time for a haircut if he thought it was getting too shaggy and would bench you if it was not taken care of. If you did not like it, then you can quit and then first guy cut is now on the team. Usually team rules are not even discussed until the team is set, so it is not odd for a player to not know all the rules until they have made the team.
If your hair is more important than playing, then as a coach, I don't know if I want him on the team to be quite honest with you. The kid talks about this rule letting down his team, but if you ask me, him making his hair more important is letting down the team. I would think as a coach, Trooper would understand the importance of coach's rules instead of thinking his son deserves some accommodation, so I admit I am a little disappointed in hearing this.