disguised

Some words are usually a trap. Because calling it a rite or ritual is a euphemism for not calling it what it really is: a violent practice naturalized for decades not only by players and coaching staff, but also by the media, which in the preseason published notes and photos about the new youth players " baptized” by the rest of the campus. In other sports, such as rugby, the scenes exceeded the limit of what was tolerable, or what was fun: they generated marks –physical and psychological– that lasted a lifetime. The crossovers between some gymnastics kids and their…