View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Marquette University Law School Marquette Sports Law Review Volume 29 Article 6 Issue 2 Spring Hazing in High School Athletics: An Analysis of Victims Gregory S. Parks Nicolette DeLorenzo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/sportslaw Part of the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons Repository Citation Gregory S. Parks and Nicolette DeLorenzo, Hazing in High School Athletics: An Analysis of Victims, 29 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 451 (2019) Available at: https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/sportslaw/vol29/iss2/6 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Marquette Law Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. PARKS – ARTICLE 29.2 (DO NOT DELETE) 5/3/19 11:33 PM HAZING IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS: AN ANALYSIS OF VICTIMS GREGORY S. PARKS* & NICOLETTE DELORENZO** I. INTRODUCTION On collEgE campusEs, studEnts arE forcEd into dangErous situations, such as high alcohol consumption and embarrassing activities, to join fraternities and other organizations.1 At thEir most ExtrEmE, thEsE situations End in dEath.2 OftEn dEath rEsults from nEglEct; mEmbErs of Beta ThEta Pi at PEnn StatE waitEd twElvE hours bEfore calling 911 whEn pledgE Tim Piazza fell down the stairs following ExcEssivE drinking.3 Hazing may also includE slEEp dEprivation, alcohol consumption, performing physical challenges, etc. Additionally, studEnts who know thEy are breaking univErsity rules may bE less likEly to go to officials whEn situations are out of control.4 In thE United States, according to data collected by Professor Hank NuwEr at Franklin CollegE, 200 studEnts have died from hazing-related incidEnts sincE 1838.5 According to Bloomberg * GrEgory S.