I think the scene has been rewritten as an attempt to allow the possibility of Zo being Alexis/Layla's father, but Nyx is having trouble writing this... maybe she's not super familiar with the sports calendar.American Handegg and Basketball have their season in the same time, fall and winter. Okay, a little bit of basketball is in early spring. There's no way going basketball pro with only be in the team for one and a half month per season. You've to play as much as games as possible and train every session. No way he could play Handegg in the same time. It's possible to be in more than one team of a college. Sure. But not during the same season. Mostly it's baseball/athletics in summer and handegg/basketball in winter.
Sure, the dad is famous, but this could have many reasons. One reason could be he was a legend for the home town university. So, he's some kind of local hero. Another reasons could be he's a coach for MSU, being a sports agent, or he's a media guy. Maybe he's a business man who's involved in politics. No one says what makes Alexis' dad famous and MC is to dumb and sluggish to ask Layla or Alexis the simple question "Hey, coud you tell me more about your dad?"
But I have to give you that's a possibility Nyx didn't cared about all of this. Wouldn't look like her but it's possible.
The previous version absolutely hammered this possibility since Zo is said to have retired 3/4 years ago and he couldn't have remained in college since the time the MC was a fetus until he was 14 years old.
If she needs help with this... It's common that people try out many different sports in HS, but by the time they go to college they'll usually be on one team only, it's hard to believe(borderline impossible) that he was on the Basketball team, the American football team and the track team... maybe he can do practices with the track team(in addition to his mainstay basketball), just because he loves staying in shape so much, but no more than that.
Just make it clear if he was a pro basketball player or if never continued his career past college...
Despite the fact that i'm still discussing it(lol), i doubt anyone is that invested in "is Zo Layla's father?", this is starting to be a pointless mystery...
As long as the father isn't Santiago(which he can't be) we are golden.