Back in HS, our team had this tradition of shaving our heads as we got close to the state meet. I realize it builds some camaraderie and all, but personally I was a fan of having hair. A lot of my teammates thought similarly and we skipped this tradition one year and thereafter. Would you have been for this "tradition" or against it and why?
(Other hazing on our team I was perfectly fine with. It was just the head shaving that I didn't like.)
I would be against that. I'm a fan of having hair shaved heads look stupid and people who shave their heads are generally weird.
Any sort of "unity" it would build would be offset by the loss of self confidence that would come with the realization that you look like an idiot.
Our team just shaved the head of our dorkiest runner, who just happened to be our #7. Problem solved.
A better tradition is not shaving, it's reversable if someone doesn't like it halfway through, and mustaches look cooler than bald heads.
We'd shave eachothers genitals in the locker room before hard "workouts"