"No Gay Thursday" ???

[ChrisR]

Hadn't heard of this one before.

CBS reports three upperclassmen boys (17 years old) raped a freshman boy (14 years old) with a broomstick but it was okay (to them) because it was Thursday.

From the article:

"No Gay Thursday," according to Hogan, meant things that would normally be considered gay were not gay when done by upperclassmen to underclassmen in the locker room, CBS Philadelphia reports.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pennsylvania-high-school-football-players-sexual-assault-freshman-locker-room/

[Cole Parker]

Isn't it amazing how these guys always think the intimidation factor and their age and status at school means they can get away with anything? How they think the 'don't rat on anyone' creed will protect them? How they don't worry about being caught? Perhaps that macho ethic is partly responsible for making them good at their sports.

It certainly does nothing for making them good human beings.

C

[Rutabaga]

This was hazing pure and simple. Hard to believe that the coaches and administration knew nothing about it. Seems like everyone one else did.

R

[Rutabaga]

It's interesting to note that Conestoga High School's web site has scrubbed the entire football Coaching Staff page, which includes the head football coach John Vogan who was suspended today pending investigation. The page us still visible at archive.org.

R

[Bruin Fisher]

The school investigation will determine whether or not code of conduct violations occurred...

Hmm, methinks if code of conduct violations did not occur, there's something seriously wrong with the school's code of conduct.

[colinian]

There was nothing in the article about what's been done with the football team members who participated in the hazing. They should have been suspended and sent to a continuation high school pending results of the investigation, and if found that they participated then they should be expelled. That's what would have happened at my high school. There's no excuse for this kind of behavior.

Colin