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The 5 biggest issues facing The 5 biggest issues facing student-athletes today are:student-athletes today are:

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0% 1.1. Drinking Too MuchDrinking Too Much2.2. HazingHazing3.3. Relationship Abuse/ViolenceRelationship Abuse/Violence4.4. DiscriminationDiscrimination5.5. Eating DisordersEating Disorders6.6. GamblingGambling7.7. Sexual AssaultSexual Assault8.8. DepressionDepression9.9. Anger issuesAnger issues

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Scenario 1Scenario 1AlcoholAlcohol

Some upperclassmen are hosting a party. Some upperclassmen are hosting a party. Some freshmen have confided in you that Some freshmen have confided in you that they don’t drink and aren’t huge “partiers” they don’t drink and aren’t huge “partiers” but since it’s their teammates and they but since it’s their teammates and they want to make a good impression, they are want to make a good impression, they are going to go. going to go.

You are there and everyone seems to be You are there and everyone seems to be having a good time until one of the seniors having a good time until one of the seniors suggests a drinking game. You know the suggests a drinking game. You know the danger of consuming alcohol quickly and danger of consuming alcohol quickly and are concerned. Teammates start to gather are concerned. Teammates start to gather around a table as one of them begins to around a table as one of them begins to explain the rules for the drinking game. explain the rules for the drinking game. The freshmen who had confided in you The freshmen who had confided in you initially decline but others start hassling initially decline but others start hassling them. You can see they’re uncomfortable. them. You can see they’re uncomfortable. They look at you. What do you do?They look at you. What do you do?

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Scenario 2Scenario 2Alcohol PoisoningAlcohol Poisoning

You are at a party when someone runs You are at a party when someone runs up to you and screams for you to come up to you and screams for you to come to a room because your teammate is to a room because your teammate is not breathing. You go to the room and not breathing. You go to the room and there are lots of empty alcohol bottles there are lots of empty alcohol bottles and cups around. The other student is and cups around. The other student is hysterical about the passed out hysterical about the passed out individual drinking too much at the individual drinking too much at the party. You see that the person’s party. You see that the person’s breathing is irregular and the person is breathing is irregular and the person is cold and clammy. What do you do?cold and clammy. What do you do?

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Scenario 3Scenario 3HazingHazing

You are on Facebook and see some of your You are on Facebook and see some of your teammates’ posts about upcoming teammates’ posts about upcoming “initiation” for this year’s freshmen, as well “initiation” for this year’s freshmen, as well as pictures from last year. You know it’s as pictures from last year. You know it’s actually hazing and you’re not comfortable actually hazing and you’re not comfortable with what they are planning. It seems that with what they are planning. It seems that they push the limit a little more every year they push the limit a little more every year but they justify it by saying it’s what makes but they justify it by saying it’s what makes the team close and that it’s “tradition.” the team close and that it’s “tradition.” You want to say something but feel You want to say something but feel intimidated and don’t want them to think intimidated and don’t want them to think less of you. What do you do?less of you. What do you do?

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Scenario 4Scenario 4Sexual AssaultSexual Assault

You are at a party. During the past hour You are at a party. During the past hour you notice one of your male friends has you notice one of your male friends has been talking to a young woman. They been talking to a young woman. They seem to be having a good time but it is seem to be having a good time but it is clear that the woman has had too much to clear that the woman has had too much to drink. At one point your friend walks by drink. At one point your friend walks by you and you hear him say he is just going you and you hear him say he is just going to get her “one more” and “that should to get her “one more” and “that should be enough.” A few minutes later you see be enough.” A few minutes later you see him put his arm around the young woman him put his arm around the young woman and start to lead her upstairs. What do and start to lead her upstairs. What do you do?you do?

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Scenario 5Scenario 5Relationship Abuse/ViolenceRelationship Abuse/Violence

You and a teammate live on the same You and a teammate live on the same wing in the dorms. You walk by her wing in the dorms. You walk by her room and hear her crying. In the past, room and hear her crying. In the past, she has shared with you that her she has shared with you that her boyfriend yells at her, humiliates her, boyfriend yells at her, humiliates her, and always wants to know where she is and always wants to know where she is and who she’s with. She also says he and who she’s with. She also says he won’t let her do things she wants to won’t let her do things she wants to do. It appears she has some fresh do. It appears she has some fresh bruises around her eye and on her bruises around her eye and on her arms. What do you do?arms. What do you do?

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Scenario 6Scenario 6DiscriminationDiscrimination

You are hanging out with teammates You are hanging out with teammates and one of them makes a very and one of them makes a very insulting and derogatory remark insulting and derogatory remark about someone’s alleged sexual about someone’s alleged sexual orientation. They go on to orientation. They go on to sarcastically say that they definitely sarcastically say that they definitely won’t be rooming with won’t be rooming with themthem on road on road trips. You find it inappropriate. What trips. You find it inappropriate. What do you do?do you do?

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Scenario 7Scenario 7DepressionDepression

You notice a teammate has been You notice a teammate has been very down lately, more so than very down lately, more so than circumstances might dictate. circumstances might dictate. Friends have also come to you Friends have also come to you about changes in his/her behavior. about changes in his/her behavior. This person has become This person has become withdrawn and is not as active and withdrawn and is not as active and social as before. You have become social as before. You have become concerned. What do you do? concerned. What do you do?

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Scenario 8Scenario 8Disordered EatingDisordered Eating

A friend of yours appears to have lost A friend of yours appears to have lost quite a bit of weight lately. You notice quite a bit of weight lately. You notice that her eating habits are becoming that her eating habits are becoming more and more unusual. She is more and more unusual. She is skipping meals and altering foods skipping meals and altering foods when she does eat – (e.g., pulling when she does eat – (e.g., pulling cheese off pizza). When approached, cheese off pizza). When approached, she is defensive, denying that anything she is defensive, denying that anything is wrong. This has negatively impacted is wrong. This has negatively impacted not only her performance but also your not only her performance but also your relationship with her. What do you do?relationship with her. What do you do?

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Scenario 9Scenario 9GamblingGambling

A teammate is selling some of his A teammate is selling some of his important and valuable belongings. important and valuable belongings. He has also asked friends to He has also asked friends to borrow money. He is spending an borrow money. He is spending an inordinate amount of time at the inordinate amount of time at the computer and appears to be overly computer and appears to be overly invested in the outcomes of invested in the outcomes of sporting events. What do you do? sporting events. What do you do?

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Scenario 10Scenario 10Anger issuesAnger issues

You and a few teammates are at a You and a few teammates are at a party when someone begins party when someone begins insulting you (for being athletes, for insulting you (for being athletes, for a team’s performance, etc.). Despite a team’s performance, etc.). Despite everyone’s best effort to ignore everyone’s best effort to ignore these obnoxious comments, you can these obnoxious comments, you can see one of your teammates is see one of your teammates is becoming more and more irritated. becoming more and more irritated. He has a history of losing his He has a history of losing his temper. What do you do?temper. What do you do?

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Where will I go from here?Where will I go from here?

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I commit that the next time I am I commit that the next time I am confronted with a problematic confronted with a problematic

situation situation I will I will STEP UP!STEP UP!

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