History Recap / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS15E16GridironSoldier

* ThereShouldBeALaw: Cedric was tricked by two female cheerleaders into putting on a blindfold so they could pleasure him, only to have the male cheerleader, Ty, do it instead. Rollins thinks this is the mitigating circumstances they were looking for to prove why Cedric was in a bad state of mind when he attacked a later man who came onto him, but Olivia points out that technically swapping partners when blindfolded is not illegal (or "rape by coercion" as she puts it) in the state of New York since Cedric had already consented to sex, but not specifically with who.

* ThereShouldBeAlaw: Cedric was tricked by two female cheerleaders into putting on a blindfold so they could pleasure him, only to have the male cheerleader, Ty, do it instead. Rollins thinks this is the mitigating circumstances they were looking for to prove why Cedric was in a bad state of mind when he attacked a later man who came onto him, but Olivia points out that technically swapping partners when blindfolded is not illegal (or "rape by coercion" as she puts it) in the state of New York since Cedric had already consented to sex, but not specifically with who.

* {{Irony}}: Olivia and Fin are actually against Rollina spending so much time on the case, since there's overwhelming evidence that Cedric lost his temper and attacked the victim because said man was gay and he was "afraid of catching AIDS". Olivia even comments that it feels wrong that they are being the "reasonable ones" for once, from her perspective.

* SoftGlass: Averted when Eddie punches the mirror in the interrogation room to show he feels no pain from all the years of being hazed and raped by the team.

* {{Irony}}: Olivia and Fin are actually against them spending time on the case, since there's overwhelming evidence that Cedric lost his temper and attacked a man because he was gay and "afraid of catching AIDS". Olivia even comments that it feels wrong that they are being the "reasonable ones" for once.

* DrivenToSuicide: Cedric does this in prison by hanging himself, but he's brought back in time.

Rollin's is contacted when the son of one of her old friends from Atlanta goes missing in NYC after having taken a visit to Hudson University football team. After having located the boy (now in jail after having assaulted a patron of gay bar he had stumbled into while drunk), she begins to suspect that he was a victim of a cruel prank by the Hudson University football team as payback for having chosen another school. Further investigation reveals a history of abuse, prejudice, and hazing among applicants to the team.

* BerserkButton: Cedric has one for being insinuated he's gay.

After a high school football star goes missing in NYC, his uncle seeks helps from Rollins, who is a hometown friend. When Rollins finds the boy in jail, she begins to suspect that he was a victim of a cruel prank by the Hudson University football team. Although she is initially hesitant to let the investigation proceed, Benson lets Amaro and Rollins look into the team's culture, which uncovers several victims of abuse, prejudice and hazing.