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Aug 20th 2012, 20:02

The New York Giants have wanted second-year cornerback Prince Amukamara to play with more of an edge, and have been giving him a hard time as a result. A video posted by Giants punter Steve Weatherford shows just how much of a hard time he's been having.

New York Giants defensive back Prince Amukamara.

Image by Kathy Willens / AP

We don't hear a lot about hazing in the NFL, and when we do, it's typically about rookies having to carry the balls, or wear goofy costumes. So when New York Giants punter Steve Weatherford tweeted a video of All-Pro defensive lineman Jason Pierre-Paul carrying second-year cornerback Prince Amukamara through the locker room and then throwing him into an ice bath, it was somewhat shocking. One player is yelling, "You got to stand up for yourself." After tossing the corner in the water, Pierre-Paul says, "He didn't do shit, neither," while giving high-fives.

Amukamara doesn't say anything, but (SHOCKINGLY) he doesn't look to be enjoying himself.

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Source: youtube.com

Giants coach Tom Coughlin responded in typically icy (pardon the pun) fashion.

"I'm going to look into it, I'm going to talk to the parties involved," Coughlin said on Monday. "As I'm understanding it, there were some parts of it that were inappropriate. And in no way, anything that occurs within this family or within our group should be a part of social media. I'm going to address that strongly because I spent a little time on that this preseason."

Following the coach's remarks, Weatherford deleted the video and tweeted the following:


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