Coaches clarify 'butt drag' in wrestling case

The Fresno Bee ^ | Dec. 10, 2010

[GrootheWanderer]

In a front-page story Sunday about the case, The Bee reported that the move involves a wrestler grabbing a rival's butt cheek and putting fingers in the anus to get leverage. In a clarification published today on page A2, the newspaper notes that coaches say it involves grabbing the butt cheek of a rival. Coaches vary on how often anal penetration occurs, but they say that it should never be intentional. Former Fresno State wrestling coach Dennis DeLiddo emphasized this point in a statement he issued this week as controversy over the case grew. "I have never taught, nor am I aware of any coach who has ever taught a wrestler to penetrate someone's anus while executing the butt drag," DeLiddo wrote. "On extreme rare occasions, a person's finger could inadvertently be placed between the person's butt cheeks while legitimately executing the move. In no circumstance, however, would there ever be penetration of the anus unless someone was purposefully cheating and doing something other than what is known as 'the butt drag.' "

[GrootheWanderer]

Not just wrestling. In just the past year, there have been cases of high school football players in New York, New Mexico, Minnesota and Nevada, that I’m aware of, who have been caught sodomzizing younger players with their fingers or objects as part of hazing rituals. Ther’s prbably more that didn’t get picked up by the national media

ESPN did a piece a couple of years ago on hazing in high school and college sports, and it was frightening how often it is of a sexual nature, even in girl’s sports. I recall they noted that hazing is a problem in just about every sport but the worst cases do seem to be in sports such as football, wrestling, rugby and lacrosse.

[garjog]

Sounds like resume enhancement for a future career in the TSA.