The Pros And Cons Of Hazing In Sports

Because a college athlete is viewed by so many people and known by so many people on campus, and also live a very boring and stressing life, they're more susceptible to do stupid things when pressured by their peers. Quote here, probably. A stupid thing a player can be influenced to ranges from a variety of things like, doing something that will get them arrested, doing stupid stuff at parties, or doing things like performance enhancing drugs that will ultimately land the player in a world of trouble.”move this down the paragraph to a spot that makes more sense, not here.”. Even though you'd like to hope that everyone is strong willed and won't be pushed to do things like that, that's just not the case and every school has someone that will get in trouble from poor choices they make. Most times in life whenever a bad choice is made, a punishment is soon to follow. Whether this be back talking to your parents, and then getting beat or cheating on a test and getting detention. The same concept applies to college athletics. If a player is caught doing a wide range of things, from failing a test to failing a drug test, the punishments vary. The player can receive anywhere from a game suspension to a year

According to National Collegiate Athletic Association research “only the National Football League draft one point seven percent of college football players.” (2) This show how little percentage of college players that become professional. This does not help the players who do not get drafted because they did all the work and they suffer a lot. So, everything they went through now useless because they were not picked in the draft. Now, they must now try hard to get a job even though their goal was the National Football League. Also, college football is not beneficial because it decreases player moral standers. For example, the practice of illegal hazing. According to Institutional and Organization Liability for Hazing in Intercollegiate and Professional Team “More student- athlete are being prosecuted under states anti-hazing laws. (87) This shows that these athletes are practicing ritual like this that are putting them in jail and ruining their image also none of these happen in the workplace. Also, according to Humphrey “only athletic team membership made a significant contribution to the prediction of sexual aggression severity.” So, Humphrey is saying that being part of a football team will have a higher chance of being sexual aggression because it is an athletic team, this is ruining their

A prominent reason why high school sports is detrimental to academic accomplishments of students is because of how sports act as a powerful distractor to education. When a student starts to play sports in school, their mindset shifts from being focused on learning to now focusing on improving at their sport of choice. Sports are just another thing that consumes the time and attention of people. This simple fact clearly presents a problem because it means less effort can be dedicated towards academics. A perfect example of how sports teams magnify this effect of reducing academic effort is presented in the article “Why Student Athletes Continue to Fail” when it explains “Tight-knit student athletes will seek ways of fitting into a culture that they perceive as neglecting academics (by defaulting into majors of dubious merit and spending less time doing homework), knowing that their habits are observed by teammates” (Oppenheimer). Clearly, this statement demonstrates that school sports create an environment where students feel pressured to adopt a callous attitude towards academics. Since sports teams form a strong bond between the members of the team, the impact of peer pressure is emphasized because each student wants to behave like the others simply to feel connected to the group.

When you are a part of Greek life you are popular. In professional sports, with men sports the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major Baseball League etc., there is a history of hazing to accept new rookies into the league. Even though, the organization have dangerous activities, but ignore outrageous events they may have to endure to become part of the organization. Hazing is classified into three types subtle, violent, and harassment. Subtle hazing is mainly deception, or not having to do the same thing other new members had to do. These falls under “reasonable hazing” to others, but to me it is not. With subtle hazing when a pledge is lining up you could call a guy run a lap but referring to him as a girl. Mainly, required greeting of members in a specific manner when seen on campus. With harassment hazing is causes stress, a relative degree of discomfort, physically or emotionally, to the new members

anti-hazing laws governing hazing, 44 out of the 50 (Wetsol). In some or most cases of hazing it

In the United States, fraternities and sororities have been using hazing rituals as part of their pledging processes. Death, injury, and suspensions have all been a result of this action. Greek life has been one of the most influential subjects in multiple universities today. Typically we see the positives of Greek Organizations in media and from universities, but the negative outcomes are typically left behind the curtain. In most cases, organizations have their houses on campus. The controversy comes from these organizations getting away with the harmful actions and universities not taking action. Are these rituals ethical or not?

The United States Marine Corps is unfortunately involved in an underlying issue within its own ranks called hazing. Hazing is an overlooked problem being dealt with today in the military as it is enforced and prevented. As hazing is becoming more commonly identified, Marines are being held accountable. As you read this paper you will find out about this issue. You will be engaged in the Marine Corps order that covers this very topic. General James F. Amos scrutinizes the act of hazing in saying, “Hazing is contrary to our core values of honor, courage, and commitment and is prejudicial to good order and discipline.” He continues to explain that hazing greatly reduces morale, esprit de corps, pride, professionalism, and unit cohesiveness.

In my past two years at CSU, I have heard student athletes argue both for and against receiving special treatment. As Lombardi et al. mentions, the NCAA places academic criteria that student athletes must meet in order to stay on their team, play games, and receive scholarships. Rules from the NCAA and CSU are in place to keep athletes held accountable to academic standards in order to play. According to the Charleston Southern University Student Handbook, if an athlete is found to have participated in academic dishonesty, on the first offence he or she must sit out of 20% of games played (10). The problem arises when alleged stories are spread around campus that athletes are handed good grades by teachers in order to stay on their team. On the opposing side, if grades start to slip, athletes will be put on academic probation and are not allowed to play until grades improve. This is an example that the NCAA rules do apply and athletes do get punished for not holding up their end of the bargain.

As prevalent as hazing is among male college athletes, many people are surprised by the statistics surroundings this controversial topic. For instance in 1989-1999, of a survey of over 350,000 athletes, 250,000 plus said they had experienced hazing of some sort during their time with their associated team. One in five of these students experienced potentially illegal hazing including binge drinking, sexual acts, and destruction and vandalizing of property. Half of these men were involved in drinking contests or other alcohol related incidents, and only one in five experienced positive initiation practices such as team trips or team building exercises. When the geography of college campuses was evaluated, it was found that western and eastern schools participated heavily in alcohol related initiations, whereas southern and Midwestern campuses had a larger prevalence of dangerous or potentially illegal rituals (not to say binge drinking isn’t dangerous). Clearly hazing amongst athletics is not just isolated incidents of serious outcomes that happen to make the news due to their outrageous natures, but is a rampant practice that affects over half of every male athlete in college.

Later, Snell was forced to place a space heater next to his face because the group said that his skin was not black enough. Snell was hospitalized due to the incident. He remained scared and despondent after his release. He had even called a suicide hotline because of the mental anguish that was caused ("Former Student Wins $375,000" 23). The hurt and confusion of a victim of mental and physical hazing can remain for years after the abuse.

Picture this...A freshman student at a prestigious university in the USA claims a college sports coach allowed senior members to bully and haze her. She says the bullying and hazing occurred during Rookie Night. The freshman student says she was forced to "drink alcohol and wear sexually inappropriate and degrading clothing" and that she was tied up and forced to drink during one of the games. She also says that after Rookie Night, the hazing and drinking continued and that the coach penalized her for not cooperating fully with the hazing. The student 's father files a lawsuit against the coach and makes plans to sue the school too.

Robert Champion, a recent high school graduate was recently killing on a school bus after injuries due to hazing from his peers, shorting after, Bria Hunter came forward stating that she was brutally beaten in a hazing ritual on her school bus as well. James says that “we made our pledges sit outside in dresses and sell lemonade, but instead of selling for money, they were selling one chance to hit a pledge in the privates with a baseball bat”. Another Greek life incident occurred at the University of South Florida, requiring the suspension of the sorority Omega Psi Phi in 2012 after former students beat some current students at a nearby vacant store. To support the thought that hazing even exists in NFL football, a few rookie players have come forth admitting that veteran players have hazed them by requiring them to cut their hair in obscure fashions and to hold their heavy equipment to and from practice. Statistics gathered through research prove that hazing is prominent in our society. One and half million high school students are hazed each year and forty-seven percent of students enter college having already experienced some kind of hazing. A survey conducted by Holmes of 11,482 undergrad students, fifty-five percent have experienced hazing and ninety-five percent did not report those hazing incidents. Hazing has also been listed as occurring in the

Hazing has often been thought to exist primarily in fraternities and sororities; many people are starting to realize the pervasiveness of these harmful rituals. In fact, a recent study by Alfred University and the NCAA found that approximately 80% of college athletes had been subjected to some form of hazing. This total comes to more than 250,000 athletes during the 1998-99 school year alone. Half were required to participate in drinking contests or alcohol related initiations while two thirds were subjected to humiliating hazing. The majority of hazing occurs during the initiations to club sports and fraternities/sororities.

High schools are dealing with a matter that should never be a problem: players bullying their own teams or in other terms, hazing. Many times freshman or junior varsity players will be made to carry pads or cones for dills by the varsity players but that plas in comparison to what some high school team do. In New Jersey Sayreville high school six players were raped just because they were freshman while coaches did nothing but. Also as seen many times players and teams don't receive hard punishment the six players who competed the act have. to do 50 hours of community service, but avoided sentences of juvenile detention. This section is

High schools are dealing with a matter that should never be a problem: players bullying their own teams or in other terms, hazing. Many times freshman or junior varsity players will be made to carry pads or cones for dills by the varsity players, but that plas in comparison to what some high school team do. In New Jersey Sayreville high school six players were raped just because they were freshman while coaches did nothing but. Also as seen many times players and teams don't receive hard punishment the six players who competed the act have. to do 50 hours of community service, but avoided sentences of juvenile detention. This