The hazing scandal engulfing Northwestern’s football program took another turn on Monday with eight former players retaining legal counsel.
Eight former student-athletes fromhave retained prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump amid allegations of a hazing scandal that prompted the university to fire longtime head football coach Pat Fitzgerald last week.
NORTHWESTERN'S PAT FITZGERALD 'ABSOLUTELY KNEW' ABOUT HAZING WITHIN FOOTBALL PROGRAM, FORMER PLAYER SAYS Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald and the Wildcats team before the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium.
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