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Originally posted by DeltAlum
So, here is (I think) a legitimate question.
Is it hazing if you're being paid a gazillion dollars a year to be the butt of some jokes?
Somehow it seems different in my addled brain.
Non-professional sports are something else, again. And, with only a few exceptions, that is wrongly overlooked.
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Yes it is hazing. Not only do the activites of athletes meet the legal definition of hazing but in many cases their actions also meet the legal definition of more serious crimes.
Several years ago a New Orleans Saints football player almost lost an eye after he was hit in the face with a role of quarters.
A rugby player in Minnesota died as a result of a hazing incident.
A high school wrestler in Pennsylvania was raped at a college wrestling camp. The university police and the high school both investigated and found no evidence of wrong doing even though they both conceded that the boy was sodomized. The president of the school board claimed a sexual assault didn't take place because all the parties were of the same sex. The parents eventually sued the school and all the wrestlers were expelled, and wrestling coach fired.
DA. If you boss pays you a gazillion dollars will it be ok for him to hold you down and stick a broomstick where the sun doesn't shine?