And believe me--there are many. (Yeah, yeah, I know this is about sports...but generally when I think hazing, I think Greek.)
Six women pleaded guilty yesterday to hazing for their roles in a boozy college field hockey initiation in Cumberland, Md., that left an 18-year-old hospitalized with a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit.Sweet. Is this kind of thing common in girls’ sports teams? (In addition to having no desire to be part of a sorority, I have to admit to being offensively un-athletic.) What’s going on here?The six current and former Frostburg State University field hockey players each were fined $300, given suspended 60-day jail terms and placed on a year's probation.
On Dec. 3, the victims were urged to drink so much beer and liquor that one was hospitalized with a 0.365 percent blood-alcohol level, court documents showed. The freshmen also were pelted with flour, ice and eggs, and made to sit in their own vomit and urine, according to court documents.
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I think unfortunately that it is, at least more so than one might think. Because the Greeks have a reputation for it, they've become quite strict about enforcing the ban on hazing (sororities especially), but other, less centralized groups have less oversight, so it keeps going on. I've heard of such practices on cheerleading squads and other sports teams, even at the high school level.
I think unfortunately that it is, at least more so than one might think. Because the Greeks have a reputation for it, they've become quite strict about enforcing the ban on hazing (sororities especially), but other, less centralized groups have less oversight, so it keeps going on. I've heard of such practices on cheerleading squads and other sports teams, even at the high school level.