[qwerty49]

I haven't followed this closely.  While telling the coach to walk the plank may be appropriate, the perpetrators were the team members.  Surely all those perpetrators SHOULD be kicked off the team, so why not just take out the entire team, since (as seems to be the sentiment here) they knew what was going on and permitted or participated.  Why didn't the school disband the team (while still honoring the scholarships for those not kicked off as perpetrators) for a year?

That would definitely send a message, much more than any coaching turnover.

What with infinite transfers, some team members would bail.  They will be someone else's problem, if accepted elsewhere.  For those that value their education more, they might stay.

Didn't LSJUMB get disbanded for much less than this?

Because that’s grossly unfair to all those that did not participate. Which I suspect is most of the team.  Other players knowing what was happening but not participating (and remaining silent) is very different from the standpoint of culpability, then determining the punishment for the person that is running the program.  

 Suspending or expelling those that did is appropriate.  But getting that list would be difficult.  And then they’d have to investigate each to find out their involvement; after which they could decide the appropriate punishment for each. My guess is players would be hesitant to name names.

But where do you draw the line at compiling the list?  Do you kick out the dry humpers, for example?  What about those who stood by and cheered them on?  What about those who stood by, felt it was wrong, and didn't say or do anything about it?  We all know the power of the crowd/wolfpack mentality, and it's so easy to "hide" within it.  

Hazing is, unfortunately, often a relatively self-sustaining "rite of passage," ie those that get hazed one year tend to lead and do the hazing the next year. 

With the wisdom of hindsight it's relatively easy to distinguish right from wrong.  I can't speak for anyone else here, but I suspect that more than 90% of the stupid things I've done in life were "achieved" between the ages of 18-21 when I was away from "the nest" for the first time.

[qwerty49]

I haven't followed this closely.  While telling the coach to walk the plank may be appropriate, the perpetrators were the team members.  Surely all those perpetrators SHOULD be kicked off the team, so why not just take out the entire team, since (as seems to be the sentiment here) they knew what was going on and permitted or participated.  Why didn't the school disband the team (while still honoring the scholarships for those not kicked off as perpetrators) for a year?

That would definitely send a message, much more than any coaching turnover.

What with infinite transfers, some team members would bail.  They will be someone else's problem, if accepted elsewhere.  For those that value their education more, they might stay.

Didn't LSJUMB get disbanded for much less than this?

Because that’s grossly unfair to all those that did not participate. Which I suspect is most of the team.  Other players knowing what was happening but not participating (and remaining silent) is very different from the standpoint of culpability, then determining the punishment for the person that is running the program.  

 Suspending or expelling those that did is appropriate.  But getting that list would be difficult.  And then they’d have to investigate each to find out their involvement; after which they could decide the appropriate punishment for each. My guess is players would be hesitant to name names.

But where do you draw the line at compiling the list?  Do you kick out the dry humpers, for example?  What about those who stood by and cheered them on?  What about those who stood by, felt it was wrong, and didn't say or do anything about it?  We all know the power of the crowd/wolfpack mentality, and it's so easy to "hide" within it.  

Hazing is, unfortunately, often a relatively self-sustaining "rite of passage," ie those that get hazed one year tend to lead and do the hazing the next year. 

With the wisdom of hindsight it's relatively easy to distinguish right from wrong.  I can't speak for anyone else here, but I suspect that more than 90% of the stupid things I've done in life were "achieved" between the ages of 18-21 when I was away from "the nest" for the first time.