Football-Coach Pat Fitzgerald Fired By Northwestern-University

[Stuart G]

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Source: WLS TV-ABC -Chicago

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Northwestern Wildcats football coach Pat Fitzgerald has been fired.
Michelle Gallardo and Cate Cauguiran -WLS
Monday, July 10, 2023 ..... 8:35PM

Northwestern President Michael Schill released a statement Monday afternoon, saying, "This afternoon, I informed Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald that he was being relieved of his duties effective immediately."

Schill had previously said he may have made a mistake in the punishment handed down to Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald was suspended for two weeks without pay, as disturbing allegations continue to emerge about hazing within the football program.

Former and current Northwestern football players have been speaking out in the wake of hazing allegations, sharing their own stories.

Read more: https://abc7chicago.com/northwestern-football-hazing-pat-fitzgerald-news-fired-university/13484596/

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Please read the entire article at link above.

The disturbing allegations are incredible. If Fitzgerald did not know, he was incompetent beyond belief.
Be warned, this is awful information about a class university. Northwestern University has had the reputation of
...being....... PURE CLASS..!!!!.

IT AIN'T NO MORE..........







SCUMS**T IS MORE APPROPRIATE.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

1. Good! Now those affected should sue the shit out of them!

[aggiesal]

3. Did Gym Ghordon have any part in it? ...

I'm sure his committee will look straight into it.

Sorry to hear about the players being hazed.

[Freethinker65]

4. Perhaps this coach can move to Ohio and run for political office.

[Jimbo S]

5. Wow. Didn't see it coming

[LisaM]

7. That guy has bugged me for a long time.

I couldn't stand how he was always plastering the uniforms with flag decals and having the team wear camo. I admit that those things annoy me when any team does it, but with Northwestern, it was a complete disconnect from the school, which is elite academically. I hated that.

[Jimbo S]

12. Forgot about the camo unis

Good point.

[moonshinegnomie]

6. its amazing in this day and age coaches would let that shit go on

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they have to know if its discovered not only do they lose a multi milllion dollar a year job but they also become pretty much unemployable as a football coach.
Its 2023. everyone has a cell phone. you cant hide this anymore

[dalton99a]

8. He is threatening to sue

[ancianita]

9. Whatever hazing is and whoever the non-Euro players were, and however stupid

NU's president is, this makes my alma mater look culturally stupid and and unworthy of being called "the Harvard of the midwest."

Patriarchal? Hell, yes.

[Botany]

10. If these charges are true Pat had to go. If he knew then he should be fired and if he didn't know

..... then he should be fired for being a dumb ass.

"According to Schill, the hazing included "forced participation, nudity, and sexualized act of a degrading nature" that clearly violated school policy. The president said to his knowledge no student was physically injured as a result of the hazing.

The hazing was well-known by many in the program, Schill said, though he allowed there was no "credible evidence" that Fitzgerald himself knew."

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But, his claims were just the tip of the iceberg. Similar to the allegations in the Daily Northwestern, he claims there was a ritual called the "car wash" in which players would stand naked at the entrance to the showers, forcing others to go through them.

"A car was is having your genitals rubbing up on someone else's genitals," Ramon said. "And, I never felt like anybody could leave the shower when that was happening. Nobody told us we were forced to sit there, but we were also not allowed to not go through the car wash."

Over the weekend, the university's student-run newspaper ran an interview with a former player, who described in agonizing detail sexualized hazing practices he said routinely take place inside the locker room. One common practice, called "running," involved a younger player being restrained while eight to 10 older players engaged in a sexualized act in the locker room. Versions of "running" took place during certain portions of the year, including Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[AnrothElf]

11. They should just eliminate the position altogether.

College sports are a giant leach jacking tuition for what?!? Maybe if the athletes were paid, but they're not.

[Showbizkid]

13. They are paid now.

Catch up.

[LiberalFighter]

14. Will he run for U.S. Senator now?