Isn't high school difficult enough that we don't have to subject our DDs to hazing (or "initiation rituals) to be accepted by fellow students / athletes. When I played varsity soccer in high school, we juniors all respected and looked up to the senior starters and wanted to play like them, etc. I don't think I would have had the same respect for them had they subjected us to humilation through some mean-spirited ritual. By the way, if you are going to have an initation ritual, why can't you make it a positive experience, it doesn't have to be mean-spirited just because players did it 30 years ago that way. I also remember in high school, a story about how some fraternity brothers locked a pledge in the truck of a car and would not let him out until he drank something like two galleon of water in x minutes. The pledge died from consuming too much water (apparently people can die from drinking too much water, too quickly). Before the incident, I'm sure the frat bros thought this was innocent fun.
It doesn't have to be mean spirited. This past year for field hockey, my dd and the other freshman had to show up for practice dressed like they were in the 80's and practice that way. It was kinda comical. Good clean fun.
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