Texas A&M baseball media policy won’t make players available for press after losses

The No. 1 ranked team in college baseball’s preseason poll will have some rather restrictive policies regarding the media’s access to players.

The top-ranked Texas A&M Aggies baseball team began its season with a 4-2 win over Elon on Friday. That likely came as a relief for reporters covering the team, who are seemingly now dependent on wins and losses to determine their access to players.

According to media policies posted on Texas A&M’s website, the team’s players “will not be made available following a loss.”

Sam Khan Jr., a college football writer for The Athletic, brought attention to the team’s policy via a social media post on Saturday.

It should go without saying, but this policy helps no one. It doesn’t help the media whose job it is to cover the team accurately and fairly. It doesn’t help the fans who want to consume coverage of the team, which includes access to the players. And it doesn’t help the players, many of whom will go on to play professionally and need to give interviews regardless of if they win or lose.

Khan goes on to say that this follows a recent trend he’s noticed with Texas A&M football offering restricted access to its players, at least compared to other programs.

This is a pretty Bush League move from the Aggies, who, if their current ranking is representative of the true quality of the team, shouldn’t have to give too many interviews after losses anyway.