Sports Fraternity

Zetagymnast · #1 12-04-2003, 03:42 AM

Are there Sports Fraternities? I think there are. Can anyone name some of them?

At my school, a local gymnastics fraternity has been founded, we will see where that goes?

Zetagymnast · #2 12-06-2003, 02:20 AM

Is anyone going to reply to my thread? I would like to know about sports fraternities.

Kevin · #3 12-06-2003, 02:28 AM

Perhaps the lack of response indicates a lack of interest/knowledge?

absolutuscchick · #4 12-06-2003, 02:37 AM

I have no idea......sorry!

TigerLilly · #5 12-06-2003, 06:30 AM

Never heard of them. But then, it seems sometimes sports teams in general can be a bit like a fraternity, not with having letters or ritual or anything, but with all team members spending a lot of time together and sharing a common bond and such. Then, what would be the point of having such a fraternity, a sports one?
Then again, one of my friends got hazed when she joined the rugby team...that's the kind of stuff we don't want to be associated with fraternities/sororities.
Edited for horrid grammar mistakes. Whoops.

kddani · #6 12-06-2003, 10:12 AM

never heard of one

Senusret I · #7 12-06-2003, 12:31 PM

Perhaps there are honor societies for exercise science and the recreational arts.

Purely guessing here.

kddani · #8 12-06-2003, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Senusret I
the recreational arts.Purely guessing here.

For some reason, that made me crack up. "Recreational Arts" makes me think of a bunch of stoners sitting around smoking up

Maybe my mind's just there because I watched Dazed and Confused the other day....

/semi-hijack

absolutuscchick · #9 12-06-2003, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kddani
For some reason, that made me crack up. "Recreational Arts" makes me think of a bunch of stoners sitting around smoking up Maybe my mind's just there because I watched Dazed and Confused the other day....

/semi-hijack

I LOVE Dazed and Confused....it was on Comedy Central last week!!

DeltAlum · #10 12-06-2003, 02:26 PM

What happens fairly often is that members of a certain team will also pledge the same fraternity.

At Stanford -- at least a few years ago -- a lot of the football players were Delts, including John Elway.

I'm not aware of any specific sports fraternities, though.

moe.ron · #11 12-06-2003, 02:29 PM

What about "Club Sports" such as ultimate and rugby. Most of them function as fraternity without ritual, etc. I know I "pledge" the rugby team.

Steeltrap · #12 12-06-2003, 02:30 PM

I also saw the pattern of football players, in particular, choosing one certain NPHC or NIC fraternity when I was in UG (the University of Southern California, current #2 in the polls.

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33girl · #13 12-06-2003, 04:29 PM

A lot of sports teams function as fraternities as far as the living together aspect.

You can't have a social fraternity based on a sport because it would be discriminatory. An honor society for phys ed/sports med majors, that's different.

Zetagymnast · #14 12-06-2003, 04:44 PM

Thanks everyone for your help, I appreciate it.

Tom Earp · #15 12-06-2003, 05:55 PM

33girl, good post!

I know at some schools, they flat tell their Atheletes, you will not join a Greek Org. This is the only game in town and you will be a member of it!

I notified Our Greek Advisor who was Initiated and whose Son is a Brother about it!

He looked at me and said are you kidding/

Nope was my basic reply! He is also The Chair of a Department at the U!

While the mind set of the jock strap crew is tunneled vision, I think one only needs to go back in each Organizations History to fine Athletes, Poloticians, Judges, War Heros, Actors, Major CEOS or anyother type of Job relationships!