Hazing is, for practical purposes, coercing or forcing younger athletes or students to do embarrassing things for the right to be a part of the group. What isn't being talked about much is the elephant in the room, the issue that most people are thinking about when they hear about stories of what sports teams are doing to one another usually at night behind those closed doors: Both latent homosexuality and homophobia are playing a huge role in the hazing abuse our kids are experiencing, and our societal standards that dictate what a 'real man' is are to blame. The antics that have for so long gone on behind closed doors, and that have been dismissed by most as 'boys will be boys,' are finally starting to get the serious attention from sports administrators and the public that it deserves and that its victims need. For the last couple of years we have all watched hazing in sports finally come into focus.
