Former Rutgers coach allegedly runs current team like a 'cult'
The “Fleck Bank” allowed players to earn “coins” that could be used to get away with positive drug tests and other violations.
An employee of the athletic department also accused Fleck, who is in his seventh season at Minnesota, of imposing difficult workouts as punishment. Students reported extended bear crawls and burpees until they “threw up.”“Those [athletic] trainers did a lot of things because Fleck forced their hand in that medical room,” one player told FOS.
This isn’t the first time Fleck has been accused of running a toxic culture at Minnesota. According toIn 2018, CBS Sports obtained a memorandum in which a former employee warned the Minnesota Board of regents of a toxic culture within the program. The person said if “issues … continue to go unaddressed and things do not change, the health and welfare of student-athletes at the University of Minnesota are in jeopardy.
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