because its a team sport ,and things should be done as a team, and no team should want to exclude any team member from any team activity. No team member should have to feel excluded. The Jewish kids shouldn't have to go into the shower area, while the rest of the team prays in the locker room with the HC. it's not the way teams work. If all the religious players want to get together with all the religious coaches, fine they can do that on Thursday night at the chapel, not the locker room, not the coaches office and not time that would normally be spent with the team, I have no problem with this. I have a problem with the HC calling the team up together, 30 min before game time, getting down on 1 knee and saying the Lords prayer. It does not belong in a locker room.