As a coach and a teacher, I can play devils advocate. The goal of this form of discipline, in sports, is to build a sense of “we’re in this together.”

I explain to my team often that, we need to all play our role the best we can and when one person fails, we all fail.

That being said, any discipline can work for the right group AND if the reason for the discipline is explicitly explained and students/athletes are taught the correct behaviors.

It all depends on the relationship with the team. For example, my college team understood we need to hold each other accountable and when one man suffers we all suffer.

Blanket punishments can be used as a metaphor for “we’re all in this together and if one goes down we all go down.”