"A culture of small, racist jokes:" former NU player details experience in football program
Published July 15, 2023, 11:20 p.m. by Arrik Motley
Another former Northwestern University football player spoke to WGN Wednesday co-signing some of the allegations shared by other former players of the program. WGN's Jewell Hillery reports on the story.
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HAZING AND MORE WGN'S JEWELL
HILLERY HAS MORE.
ANOTHER FORMER NORTHWESTERN
FOOTBALL PLAYERS SPOKE WITH US
TODAY. COLE CITING SOME OF THE
HAZING ALLEGATIONS SHARED BY
OTHER FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYERS
AS WELL AS EXPRESSING SOME OF
HIS OWN EXPERIENCES AS A
WILDCAT.
FAMILY MEMBERS THAT THE
THAT REACHED OUT TO ME AND
THEY CALLED ME AND ACTUALLY
APOLOGIZED TO ME SAID, HEY,
THAT WE DIDN'T LISTEN TO YOU
WHEN SAID IT WAS STRICKEN
PLANS REGARDING YOUR
EXPERIENCE NORTHWESTERN.
THAT'S A FORMER
NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL PLAYER
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO SHARE HIS
THE UNIVERSITY FROM 2005 TO
2010. HE IS ONE OF SEVERAL
FORMER PLAYERS. WGN HAS TALKED
TO SINCE THE UNIVERSITY
FOOTBALL PROGRAM HAZING
SCANDAL BECAME PUBLIC LATE
LAST WEEK. FORMER PLAYERS HAVE
DISCLOSED RACISM AND SEXUALLY
INAPPROPRIATE ACTS PERMITTED
AS PART OF THE TEAM'S CULTURE.
A WHISTLEBLOWER BROUGHT THE
HAZING ALLEGATIONS TO LIGHT,
WHICH LED TO AN INVESTIGATION
AND ULTIMATELY THE MONDAY
FIRING OF THE FOOTBALL
PROGRAM'S LONGTIME HEAD COACH.
PAT FITZGERALD, I WOULD SAY
THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS
SYSTEMIC PROGRAM, A
NORTHWESTERLY FOR MY AND WHAT
I PERCEIVED AFTER LEFT. AND AS
LINE POSITION GROUP, I THINK
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I REALLY QUESTION WHY
THERE WASN'T ANY TYPE OF
IMPROVEMENT OR THERE WAS ANY
EFFORT TO DIVERSIFY THE LOCKER
ROOM IN POSITION GROUP BECAUSE
I THINK THAT THAT WAS THE CASE
AND THERE WERE MORE
INDIVIDUALS THAT LOOK LIKE ME,
DON'T THINK IT WOULD KIND OF
BEEN ABLE TO CULTURE WE KNOW
SMALL RACES, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
MICHAEL QUESTIONS OR OR THINGS
THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, HINDSIGHT
FOR MYSELF AND FOR MY ENDED UP
BEING A VERY HORRIFIC AND
TRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCE.
WE DO KNOW AT THIS TIME,
BUT THE REST OF THE COACHES ON
THE FOOTBALL TEAM ARE BEING
OUT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
TODAY SEE IF ANYONE WILL TALK
TO US BUT ARE STILL WAITING TO
HEAR BACK. ALSO ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, WE'VE SEEN SOME
INCOMING STUDENT ATHLETES,
SURE THAT THEY DE COMMITTING
FROM NORTHWESTERN SINCE THIS
SCANDAL BROKE REPORTING IN
