A group of former Northwestern University football players plan to share their experience with racism, hazing and abuse during their time in the program.
The players will share their unique stories of trauma endured at a press conference in Chicago Friday ahead of Northwestern’s football game at Wrigley Field Saturday.A group of former Northwestern University football players plan to share their story during a news conference Friday morning.
The players say they were subjected to racial discrimination, hazing, physical abuse and retaliation. Several former athletes spoke out after head coach Pat Fitzgerald was fired in July.The players will be represented by Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. and Stinar Law, PLLC. The firms represent over 50 former Northwestern student-athletes who have suffered trauma due to racial discrimination, sexual abuse, hazing, and other forms of misconduct that caused physical and emotional harm.
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