Season 4 Episode 21

Initiations

Welcome to the sometimes fun, sometimes bizarre and sometimes outright illegal world of football initiations.
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Episode Notes

Some see it as a rite of passage, to be welcomed into the group. Others see it as an outdated practice, intent on welcoming people by testing, embarrassing and shaming them first. Welcome to the sometimes fun, sometimes bizarre and sometimes outright illegal world of football initiations.

Vocabulary

  1. Initiate: to start something
    ”Club A initiated contact with Club B over the transfer of a player.”
    ”The referee decided not to give a penalty because the striker initiated the contact”
    ”Players go through an initiation ceremony when they join a new club”

  2. Camaraderie: a feeling of friendliness towards people you share an experience with
    ”The team's success on the field was a direct result of the strong camaraderie that developed among the players”

  3. Outdated: old-fashioned and therefore not as good or as fashionable as something modern
    ”Many people think initiation ceremonies are outdated”

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