TheOnion: Northwestern Fans Hopeful Hazing Scandal Means School Finally Getting Serious About Football https://www.theonion.com/northwestern-fans-hopeful-hazing-scandal-means-school-f-1850771488?utm_source=regular #northwesternwildcats #ritesofpassage #patfitzgerald #calebeakins #football #hazing #crimes #sports #abuse

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Via Rodger Sherman 🤖 @rodger

@ChrisVannini "While the independent investigative report will remain confidential, it is important for our community to know the facts"

hey I've got an idea about how the community can know all the facts from the report

#CFB #CollegeFootball #Northwestern #PatFitzgerald

Via Jason Kirk 🦉 🤖 @thejasonkirk

Many are saying Northwestern fired its best football coach ever. Why would the university do such a thing to Dick Hanley, 53 years after his death? Let the man rest in peace for crying out loud

#CFB #CollegeFootball #Northwestern #PatFitzgerald

Via Chris Vannini 🤖 @ChrisVannini

Statement from Pat Fitzgerald (via @_Brian_Hamilton):

Fitzgerald says his agent and lawyer will "take the necessary steps" after he went from suspended to fired without prior notification.

His contract went through 2030, so yeah, that's tens of millions of dollars.

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Via Adam Kramer 🤖 @KegsnEggs

The lawyers will always remain victorious regardless.

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Via Andy Staples 🤖 @Andy_Staples

I’m told Fitzgerald had about $42 million remaining on his deal. So if you’re wondering why he’s hiring a big-time attorney, that’s why.

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Via RedditCFB 🤖 @RedditCFB

The fact that Northwestern hoped no one would dig into this at the best journalism school in the country is wild.

Questions over hazing
Northwestern football in flux
Uncertainty reigns

#northwestern #hazing #football #patfitzgerald #haiku #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/northwestern-gather-information-football-hazing-allegations-amid-fitzgerald-100979826

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Via Dan Wolken 🤖 @DanWolken

Northwestern’s inability to see reality means that every day more skeletons are going to come out of the closet and the reputation of the school will get dragged into the gutter

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Via Chris Vannini 🤖 @ChrisVannini

COLUMN: The Northwestern hazing situation is more than Pat Fitzgerald now. Did the school think it could slide this under the rug and move on? Every step deserves scrutiny.

Northwestern has to release the investigation's details, not a vague summary: https://theathletic.com/4677512/2023/07/10/northwestern-football-pat-fitzgerald-investigation/

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Via Adam Rittenberg @espnrittenberg

The former Northwestern player sent ESPN a screenshot of a whiteboard, which he says was in the middle of the locker room. Image is headlined "SHREK'S LIST" and includes a list of players' names and several bulleted items, including "naked slingshot" and "naked bear crawls."

Northwestern football team: "We didn't do it, and our coach didn't know anything about the thing we didn't do. Also, there was an investigation, which proves everything was fine, but we're not going to say anything about what the investigation actually concluded, because it wasn't fine."
I can't believe the university let the players put out this idiotic statement.
#smdh #NU #CollegeFootball #hazing #PatFitzgerald
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Via Dan Wolken 🤖 @DanWolken

@rodger I’m beginning to think it wasn’t from the ENTIRE team

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Via Rodger Sherman @rodger

Northwestern just hired this president (and he was the #2 choice, the first person they hired had to quit for health reasons) and you can tell he just wanted this to go away instead of having to potentially fire the most popular guy at the school

https://bird.makeup/@theathletic/1678065120637771777

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Via Dan Wolken 🤖 @DanWolken

Save your character testimonials. The bottom line is Northwestern either believes that whistleblower’s claims or they don’t. It seems they do, which means Fitzgerald needs to be gone. But they tried to thread a needle while hoping the details wouldn’t get out. Now they are.

#CFB #CollegeFootball #Northwestern #PatFitzgerald

Via Dan Wolken 🤖 @DanWolken

It’s important to be fair to all parties at Northwestern, but I’m having a hard time getting past this: If there was one lone voice in the wilderness making these allegations and no evidence to corroborate, the investigation would have ended right there. That isn’t what happened.

#CFB #CollegeFootball #Northwestern #PatFitzgerald

Via Dan Wolken 🤖@DanWolken

People need to stop lying to themselves about what happened. Maybe you approve of it, or maybe you think Fitz is just so far above reproach that he’s untouchable. But let’s deal with reality instead of excuses.

#CFB #CollegeFootball #Northwestern #PatFitzgerald

Via Dan Wolken 🤖 @DanWolken

This might be the least exculpatory attempt at exculpating that I’ve ever seen

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Via Dan Wolken 🤖 @DanWolken

What some seem to be missing is that the whistleblower’s claims have already been investigated. The report, which #Northwestern had but wouldn’t release, acknowledged there was evidence supporting them thus the suspension for Fitzgerald. They just didn’t expect details to get out

#CollegeFootball #CFB #PatFitzgerald

Via Dan Wolken 🤖 @DanWolken

I can only conclude that it never occurred to #Northwestern that the whistleblower would talk to other people after the investigation concluded. What a whiff by the school.