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Well, you should also consider that there are a lot more greek life members in the U.S. than there are NFL players. I'm sure that one day NFL hazing may result in serious injury, but there simply arent as many opportunities for it that there are in American greek life. On a side note, is the rate of death among greeks higher than other subsets of society? I highly doubt it. I'd also challenge how pro sports exist at all. I imagine there are several team sports and popular sports which claim the lives of more people than do fraternities. However, I don't see society outraged about boxing or outraged about tackling in football. Why's that? Because its VOLUNTARY THATS WHY. Now, some of you people will surely say, "well, fraternities arent really voluntary because if they quit they'll be stigmatized," and that may be true. However, do you not think you'll be stigmatized if you leave a football team, or want to leave the army? Of course you will. Double standard indeed.
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