Wanted to clarify something for those who apparently didn't pay attention in school.
Free speech (as in the constitution) is protecting from the government from what we say (jail, etc.). It does not mean, nor has it ever meant you can say whatever the hell you want without consequences. Go to your boss and say "FO ass wipe" you will probably be fired. Say racists and douchey things, you just may be ostracized.. If nothing else, know your audience. Clearly someone on the team was not amused by that email thread...
It just cracks me up about those who say things like 'It was all in good fun, stop being a wimp" when they are basically whining that they don't have a free pass to say crap like this anymore.
Why is it usually the white male that seems to always be complaining about things being to PC nowadays. I know right? I can't say racist , homophobic and misogynistic crap now with consequences....
Not all teams or locker rooms are like that. My college team wasn't. We were sometimes a bit inappropriate on those long runs but the audience was small and we never went to the level of that email thread.
Finally, there is a difference between a couple guys saying crap like that in a dorm room and sending out an email to all the members of a university team and incoming recruits to that team. You do that and you are now going to be governed by the university as they sponsor the team.
On the bright side some of you wills some day have daughters and perhaps that will clue you in a bit...