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Originally Posted by redwitch
One of the most dangerous sports is horseback riding. The most sports injuries in TV are caused by pickleball. I broke my elbow going to the bathroom in the dark. There is risk in anything we do.
Hazing is a form of bullying used to see if you're "acceptable" to a group. It is not like the conditioning required to play a sport. Football and other sports do not go out of their way to humiliate you. Nor is there deliberate harm. There is protection for football in the way of helmets, pads, rules. Hazing has no protection and no rules. So, how can you compare the two?
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Regardless of intentions, whether good or bad, we can compare the resulting injuries and deaths. I don't know how many serious injuries or deaths can be attributed to hazing but their's a fair number of injuries and deaths caused by football. A search turned up 325 deaths of men and boys from 1982 - 2008. The numbers of injuries may be more difficult to compare but I assume there are a lot of injuries in football.
For more information on this subject, search: "Give some thought to call to ban HS football"