Gymnastics hazing

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:07 pm

BG gymnastics team has been sanctioned (internally) for a hazing incident.

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/15782707.htm

It's the Journey... · Post by **It's the Journey...** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:22 pm

I'm speachless, dissapointed, and too many other things to put into words right now. That being said, I had a feeling this was going to be bad when I first heard of it a month ago or so. I would like to know why this is not out on our own athletic website? Why do we have to hear about it from a newspaper in Akron for God's sake?! I just don't know what to say.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:24 pm

It's the Journey... wrote:I'm speachless, dissapointed, and too many other things to put into words right now. That being said, I had a feeling this was going to be bad when I first heard of it a month ago or so. I would like to know why this is not out on our own athletic website? Why do we have to hear about it from a newspaper in Akron for God's sake?! I just don't know what to say.

In fairness, it has been on the Akron website for an hour, and *just* came down on the AP.

But I see what you're saying, when the news was released by the University, it would have been nice to see a statement on the official site. Then again, do many university sites post stuff like that? Or do they use their site as a PR machine?

EDIT: (Not counting Marshall's official athletics site: http://www.wvrja.com/ )

Tricky_Falcon · Post by **Tricky_Falcon** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:24 pm

Our athletic Web site never publishes these things. Most schools do not.

It's the Journey... · Post by **It's the Journey...** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:49 pm

It posted on the Plain Dealer site just after 7:30 tonight. Same thing as the Beacon Journal.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:08 pm

It's the Journey... wrote:It posted on the Plain Dealer site just after 7:30 tonight. Same thing as the Beacon Journal.

Ah... Google News lied to me, then.

PGY Tiercel · Post by **PGY Tiercel** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:21 am

The BG news published an article today. Hazing Incident

nwofalconfan · Post by **nwofalconfan** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:11 pm

Was also in the Sentinel yesterday.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:31 pm

Ok, what the hell is psychological hazing?

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:39 pm

BGDrew wrote:Ok, what the hell is psychological hazing?

Probably yelling at and demeaning people. Stuff that doesn't fall under the "physical danger" category, yet someone still thinks it needs to be stopped.

SaxyIrishTenor · Post by **SaxyIrishTenor** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:16 pm

From the article:
"The young women on the team, they were doing some things that they didn't even realize were hazing," Christopher said. "That's on our shoulders. We need to improve the education for our student-athletes and our coaches as to what is hazing and what is not hazing."

[rant] They need to make it clear to the ENTIRE UNIVERSITY what they define as hazing. It's been an issue before for some people and its a load of phucking bullsh!t. They can't punish people when not being clear about the rules in the first place. And I'm sorry, scavenger hunts are NOT HAZING.[/rant]

That will only make sense to two or three people. It's a bitter subject.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:57 pm

SaxyIrishTenor wrote:[rant] They need to make it clear to the ENTIRE UNIVERSITY what they define as hazing. It's been an issue before for some people and its a load of phucking bullsh!t. They can't punish people when not being clear about the rules in the first place. And I'm sorry, scavenger hunts are NOT HAZING.[/rant]

That will only make sense to two or three people. It's a bitter subject.

C'mon Saxy.

Don't hold back.

Tell us how you really feel.

Falconboy · Post by **Falconboy** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:04 pm

Should we wait and see if Stehpanie Swiger posts here and tells us what happened? This is really odd , its really hard for me to see the girls of the volleyball team hazing someone. No one has left the team as far as I know so it could't have been real extreme ,but still this isn't good.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:06 pm

falconboy wrote:Should we wait and see if Stehpanie Swiger posts here and tells us what happened? This is really odd , its really hard for me to see the girls of the volleyball team hazing someone. No one has left the team as far as I know so it could't have been real extreme ,but still this isn't good.

Um, it was the gymnastics team.

It's the Journey... · Post by **It's the Journey...** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:13 pm

falconboy wrote:Should we wait and see if Stehpanie Swiger posts here and tells us what happened? This is really odd , its really hard for me to see the girls of the volleyball team hazing someone. No one has left the team as far as I know so it could't have been real extreme ,but still this isn't good.

It's good to know some things never change. I did need that laugh today, so thank you.....

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