Touchy Threesome

Hops doesn't have a positive male role model in his life. His father is around, but both times I met Hops it was his mother who accompanied him to campus. Hops is one of several children birthed by his father. From the little bit that Hops has shared about this man, it seems that he played football once upon a time and has a voracious sex drive.

When I started coaching here five years ago, a young man (Duncan) from Ohio sent me an email about playing here. I found it odd that he would want to move here from Ohio even though we didn't have dorms. After a campus visit with his mother, Duncan decided to come here. He moved into an apartment twenty minutes away from campus with a teammate, and played two years from me. Since then, I've found housing for twelve guys from out of the area. Duncan's decision to enroll here five years ago essentially gave way to Hops who'll be playing for me this Fall. Ironically, both of them don't consider their fathers to be positive male role models...

When Hops moved here for school, he was accompanied by a trio--his mother, his sister, and a friend of his sister. As Hops was moving into his apartment, his sister asked if it would be too late to enroll and play for the Women's team. I told her that she could probably still get in for the Fall if she moved quickly to complete an admissions and financial aid application.

Hours after I processed Hops' sister's application, I asked him some questions about her just to make sure she was serious about everything.

Me: Why is she applying now? Didn't you say anything to her earlier this summer about coming out here?
Hops: She wasn't interested before. This is more like a spur of the moment thing. She really wants to come, though.
Me: You and her really look alike. How many years apart are you guys?
Hops: Two years.
Me: So then you're the middle child? Your mom mentioned a 14 year old.
Hops: Oh. Nah. There's a bunch of us, but not all of my siblings are from my mom.
Me: Oh okay. Your father had other kids then..
Hops: Yeh. Like, it's a long story. My sister is actually my cousin and my sister.
Me: (pause) What? I don't understand. How's she your sister and your cousin? She's either one or the other.
Hops: Nah. My father got with my mom's sister.
Me: Oh... Okay.
Hops: Actually, he got with her other sister too.. So, he has kids with the three sisters.