CCH senior football team forfeits game after players involved in hazing incident: LDCSB
Catholic Central High School’s senior football team will undergo educational training focused on the dangers of hazing and initiation behaviour following an incident at a recent student party that involved nearly half of the team’s players, the London District Catholic School Board has confirmed.
Details about what happened remain murky, but in a letter sent home to team parents on Friday, Patrick Gilson, the high school’s principal, and Drew Irvine, its athletic director, said the incident occurred at an after-school-hours party involving rookie and veteran members of the senior team. “Upon investigation, veteran players admitted to participating in a draft selection of rookie players and chose costumes for the rookie team members to wear at the party. Photos of the students were taken and ended up on social media,” the statement from Gilson and Irvine reads.
Global News has not seen the photographs, and school officials stress the gathering “was in no way supported, endorsed or promoted,” by them or the coaching staff.In their letter, Gilson and Irvine describe the incident as having involved “hazing/initiation behaviour,” adding that team building, “should not humiliate, intimidate, or demean in anyway.” It’s not clear if any players were injured in the incident.
“ breeds a dangerous and negative culture and poses a risk to the physical and mental well-being of all those involved,” they said.
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