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Originally Posted by transplant99
Mach....I get what you are saying, but there is a reason these "hazing" rituals exist.
Its not about being belittled or, in fact, anything personal at all. It's all about team bonding and with the young guys, showing them in small ways that everyone is there for everyone else. Trying to build a true team concept if you will. Not sure even i agree that it is all that effective, but when someone refuses to include themselves, it points to a "me-first" line of thinking.
That is nothing short of unacceptable in a team game that so relies on everyone doing what they need to do in order for everyone else to succeed.
With Bryant's past, his problems with the NCAA last year, and seeing him slide so far this past draft....this is already a red flag IMO. He can have all the talent in the world and it won't matter if he doesn't buy into the team concept at the NFL level. In college he and others like him can get away with it, because they are the "man". Right now though Bryant is a small fish in a big ass lake who needs to prove himself to everyone. This aint a good start.
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And, as someone else has already stated, this is pretty minor when it comes to hazing (and obviously, if someone else told him not to do this, the situation becomes totally different).
I would agree if it was something horrible or degrading, but this is hardly that.