| Athletes were
aware of campus policies concerning recruitment and
alcohol. Most athletes reported that their institutions
had athletic, behavioral, and academic standards guiding
athletic recruitment. Seventy-three percent of the
athletes thought that their institutions enforced state
drinking laws on campus and that their administrations
prosecuted alcohol misconduct violations.
Athletes had little or no knowledge, however, of
strategies directly related to hazing prevention
on their campuses. Only 15 percent believed that
their institutions involved law enforcement in monitoring,
investigating, and prosecuting hazing incidents.
Only 25 percent of athletes thought the institutions
had clear staff expectations in athletics for monitoring
and enforcing hazing policy. Only a third (36 percent)
of athletes believed that the institutions provided
alternative bonding and recognition events for teams
to prevent hazing. Only 25 percent of athletes thought
that their institutions took strong disciplinary
and corrective measures for known cases of hazing,
yet these were the strategies survey respondents
considered most effective in the prevention of hazing.
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