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Auggie

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1. Apalling. Shut down the program, fire and incarcerate the coaches.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Nov 24, 2021, 06:54 AM

Nov 2021

Our high school football program (decades ago) had a violent rite called "Last Hits," where at the end of season the departing senior class was allowed to rush stationary underclassmen and hit them with the most force that could be mustered, one on one.

Underclassmen were supposed to take it "like men." Head and groin targeting were off-limits but the possibility of severe injury to the chest cavity and surrounding bone structure was likely. Our coach was a dick, by the way.

I loathe hazing.

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Apalling. Shut down the program, fire and incarcerate the coaches. Auggie Nov 2021 #1

The kid who was injured was suspended from school Merlot Nov 2021 #2