You should take the person's advice and take the class if you are so curious. So many people commenting on things they know nothing about, no wonder there are coaches being arrested and banned daily it seems for doing stupid sh*t!
From the renewal materials I just did. It's amazing how no one understands that there is always nuance to every rule.
R. Power Imbalance
A Power Imbalance may exist:
1. Where one person is in a Position of Power such that,
based on the totality of the circumstances, there is a
Power Imbalance.
a. Whether someone occupies a Position of Power such
that there is a Power Imbalance depends on several
factors, including: the nature and extent of the
supervisory, evaluative or other authority over the
person; the actual relationship between the parties;
the parties’ respective roles; the nature and duration
of the relationship; the age of the adult; the age of
the people involved.
b. Once a coach-Athlete relationship is established, a
Power Imbalance is presumed to exist throughout
the coach-Athlete relationship (regardless of age)
and is presumed to continue for Minor Athletes after
the coach-Athlete relationship terminates and the
Athlete reaches 20 years of age. A Power Imbalance
may exist, but is not presumed, where an Intimate
Relationship existed before the sport relationship
(e.g., a relationship between two spouses or life
partners that preceded the sport relationship).