![]() That’s a good start.Įvery school district should have an anonymous tip line to report abuse. This week, Chicago Public League coaches will participate in a seminar that emphasizes a positive team culture and the impact coaches have on student-athletes, a spokesman said in an email. Schools emphasize rules to start each school year. On paper, schools have strict policies about hazing and bullying, in accordance with state laws. Take steps against hazing, and be vigilant long-term In 2016, five former Maine West soccer players who alleged they were sexually assaulted in a soccer hazing ritual received a settlement from Maine Township High School District 207. In 2017, Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 settled a lawsuit by two former football players that alleged hazing and sexual assault by teammates. Risvold, who represented the player’s family, told us he couldn’t discuss the case because of a confidentiality agreement, except to say “this matter has been resolved to the satisfaction of the parties.” In 2018, a former football player at Reed-Custer alleged in a federal lawsuit that he was sexually assaulted in 2017 in a hazing ritual. That case is ongoing, a spokeswoman for the players’ lawyer, Antonio Romanucci, told us. Two years ago, two former freshman football players at Plainfield Central High School filed a lawsuit alleging sexual assault from a violent hazing ritual. In the last several years, allegations of hazing have led to lawsuits against area high schools. He told reporters recently that he was forced to participate in the “car wash,” when naked, older players would line up, covered in soap, and spin around the shower entrance as freshmen were forced to rub against them. Other former players also have filed lawsuits. Left unchecked, it can bring on lifelong trauma.įormer Northwestern football player Ramon Diaz said hazing led him to try to kill himself. ![]() ![]() Not too long ago, coaches would chalk up hazing or bullying to “horseplay.” But indifference allows abuse to continue. Read Sun-Times coverage of the Northwestern hazing scandal. ![]()
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