What's going on at Northwestern?

funhusker said:
Meh..I think it’s just a “hey, Pat.  We need to look like we did something here.  So take the next two weeks off.”

Looking at the article, no specifics players, no knowledge by coaches confirmed, they can’t even describe what happened.  The fact ESPN is covering it is the only reason it’s in the news.
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I’ll leave my comment for the record.  But, oh boy!  Was I wrong!!!

 
funhusker said:
I’ll leave my comment for the record.  But, oh boy!  Was I wrong!!!
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I said the same thing.  So I may be biased.

But I'm pretty sure the original plan was just a slap on the wrist so they could say they did something.  Then it blew up in their face so their hand was forced.

Seems pretty odd that an eight-month investigation led to a two-week suspension and then a couple of days later the "found out" a ton more.

 
ColoradoHusk said:
That’s quite a jump to conclusions. I’m not condoning the hazing at all, but there is a big difference between jackassery and rape. 
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In both high school and college sports I never experienced or witnessed any hazing outside of picking on someone for being a dolt or screwing up and making the rest of us run suicides. This may have included putting icy hot in a jock strap or wrapping a padlock in so much athletic tape it took forever to free it. I would like to think if anyone tried anything like this I would have come up swinging. Some of the hazing that happens these days is pretty sick.

 
ColoradoHusk said:
That’s quite a jump to conclusions. I’m not condoning the hazing at all, but there is a big difference between jackassery and rape. 
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Forcing people when there is a power differential to do nude bear crawls and then having 8 of your teammates pin them down so they can get dry humped is not "jackassery" IMO. When the hazing becomes sexual it's a lot different. There are a lot of parallels with humiliating someone this way and why rapists rape.

 
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Moiraine said:
Forcing people when there is a power differential to do nude bear crawls and then having 8 of your teammates pin them down so they can get dry humped is not "jackassery" IMO. When the hazing becomes sexual it's a lot different. There are a lot of parallels with humiliating someone this way and why rapists rape.
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Some interesting things to consider, for sure, and very nuanced. 

 
Moiraine said:
Forcing people when there is a power differential to do nude bear crawls and then having 8 of your teammates pin them down so they can get dry humped is not "jackassery" IMO. When the hazing becomes sexual it's a lot different. There are a lot of parallels with humiliating someone this way and why rapists rape.
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I agree that the nude bear crawls or dry humping some dude is not acceptable, and it's a form of sexual assault.  I disagree with your comment that then the majority of these guys go out and are serial rapists.

 
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