Northwestern football players claim ‘vile and inhumane’ hazing within program

By Dan Treacy, Sporting News: Northwestern football is coming off a 1-11 season in 2022, and now a rapidly evolving scandal hangs over the Big Ten program weeks before the start of the season.

Hazing allegations led the school to suspend coach Pat Fitzgerald for two weeks, and new claims published by The Daily Northwestern student newspaper detail how brutal the rituals supposedly were.

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Northwestern football hazing allegations: Players claim 'vile and inhumane' practices as coach Pat Fitzgerald is suspended | Sporting News

One day after Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald was suspended for two weeks after a hazing investigation, explosive allegations of what players experienced surfaced.

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