Hazing radio commercial
Several Atlanta radio stations are playing commercials for the Atlanta Hawks, the city's NBA team. One particular commercial basically supports HAZING and even makes fun of it as being something good. I couldn't imagine a GLO getting away with something like that.
Basically, the commercial has an older player who I don't know talking about the youth of the team that makes him (a 5-year veteran) the most experienced player. He goes on to say that he uses his "experience" to help the younger players -- teaching them to pack light for road games because they have to carry his bags as well; making them pick him up several hours early for practice and drive him around; and several other examples of personal servitude.
EVERYTHING he says is classifed as HAZING according to our state, university and fraternity laws and could get any GLO Chapter suspended, put on probation or even closed if we advertised actions such as this.
This brings up a MAJOR pet peeve of mine in that several public arenas such as Athletics (high school, college and pros) promote and tolerate, if not promote the HAZING of their young players and rookies by older veteran players; however, you never hear of major news stories about that.
People wonder why HAZING continues in today's GLO's, and I can tell you that one major reason is that it is an action ingrained in just about every young person who plays organized sports (male or female). When a kid's sports hero or role model publicly advocates types of hazing, how do you go back and tell them that it is wrong?
Just a soapbox of mine, sorry if it bores some of you. But does anyone have any comments?
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