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Attorneys for former Northwestern University players provided updates on lawsuits stemming from hazing allegations.

We also just recently petitioned the court to file another case with a fictitious name. So we're awaiting the court's allowance of filing John Doe two and we will be adding another defendant, former athletic director of Northwestern James Phillips. So that complaint will be filed today for a lot of reasons. The football program gets the most attention. But we also know of the toxic culture under the baseball coach, Jim Foster's reign over the course of the last year. We've also had discussions with folks that are aware of abuse that took place within the softball program, serious hazing incidents within the volleyball program and really abhorrent conduct that took place as it related to cheerleaders including a lawsuit that was filed in 2021. It is unbelievably traumatic to these survivors, these victims for universities to do delayed tactics or to withhold information and fail to be transparent. So we demand that the university, the president, the trustees are transparent with the alumni, these survivors, these victims in the community and share the full unedited investigation and what they shared with us was clearly a pattern in practice of a culture that was predicated on physical intimidation, harassment, discrimination, abuse, both mentally and sexually and it was normalized. The university and the football program has let us down. That's why we're here today. Upon arrival to campus, we were thrown into a culture where physical, emotional and sexual abuse was normalized. No teammate I knew liked hazing. We were all victims no matter what our role was at the time. But the culture was so strong that we felt we had to go with it, to survive, to be respected and to earn the trust within the football program. There was a code of silence that felt insurmountable to break and speaking up could lead to consequences that affected playing time and can warrant further abuse.

Lawyers for former Northwestern players discuss lawsuits stemming from hazing allegations

Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing former Northwestern University players, provided an update on lawsuits stemming from hazing allegations.

The unnamed player alleges in the lawsuit that former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern University President Michael Schill, the board of trustees and athletic director Derrick Gragg enabled and concealed sexual misconduct and racial discrimination.

1st lawsuit filed against Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders stemming from a hazing scandal

WIth Pat Fitzgerald out at Northwestern, many in the Triangle are asking WRALSportsFan's Lauren Brownlow if it's possible for the second-year head coach to split Durham and go to the Wildcats for big money.

Well, Duke football coach, Mike Elko has been excellent during his time as the leader of the Blue Devils. Of course, he is the reigning AC C coach of the year. Lauren Brownlow with WRL sports fan dot com. Examines what Duke could do to keep Elko in this week's Brownlow mail bag. We answer a question from Will Faircloth at WHF bomb 22 on Twitter will do pony up at some point to ensure longevity other than big 10 money. Well, see like that, other than big 10 money, that's kind of a big, well, other than, you know, that's kind of a big like exception there to, oh, let's just ignore all of that big 10 money because it matters and it's gonna matter. I mean, if you're in almost any right, whether you're a coach or whatever you want to kind of reach your maximum earning potential. And yes, career, happiness matters. Job happiness matters, right. We all understand that, but I think that Duke will do what it needs to do and what it can do financially. Right? Because it's, it's kind of a weird game that colleges are playing, right. Especially the colleges that aren't in the big 10 or in sec and don't have that kind of influx of TV, money coming their way extra TV, money. They know the disparity is gonna continue to widen schools will spend what they can, right? Spend what they can within their means. But is Duke gonna put its own athletic department like into poverty to, to pay my, I don't think Duke's gonna pony up some exorbitant amount of money. I think they would hope that they can go back out on the market. Get another hire of kind of an up and coming coordinator. They made a great hire the first time around. No reason to think they won't make another hire. That's just as good again. I think that they will pay Mike Elko. What's fair?

Brownlow Mailbag: Will Duke coach Mike Elko leave for 'Big Ten money?'

Brownlow Mailbag: Will Duke coach Mike Elko leave for 'Big 10 money?'

Northwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday amid a hazing scandal that called into question his leadership of the program and damaged the university's reputation after it mishandled its response to the allegations.

LATER THIS WEEK. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AND ADDITIONAL CHARGES ARE POSSIBLE. >> NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IS THE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH. THE UNIVERSITY FIRED PAT FITZGERALD AFTER A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION INTO HAZING IN THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM. AN INVESTIGATION BEGAN AFTER THE 2022 FOOTBALL SEASON WHICH REVEALED A PATTERN OF HAZING IN THE UNIVERSITY'S FOOTBALL PROGRAM. FITZGERALD HAS SAID THAT HE WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE FIRING. A LEGAL EXPERT IN HAZING SAYS HE BELIEVES THE SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE. >> WHAT'S CLEAR TO ME IN READING THE PAGE AND HAVE SUMMARY RELEASED BY THE UNIVERSITY IS THAT THE SCHOOL KNOWS THAT IT COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE. >> WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE LOCKER ROOM? >> FITZGERALD SAYS HE'S RETAINING LEGAL COUNSEL IN THE CASE AND THAT HE INTENDS TO, QUOTE, TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS

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Lawyers for former Northwestern players discuss lawsuits stemming from hazing allegations

1st lawsuit filed against Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders stemming from a hazing scandal

Brownlow Mailbag: Will Duke coach Mike Elko leave for 'Big Ten money?'

Northwestern University fires head football coach Pat Fitzgerald after hazing report

Northwestern fires coach Pat Fitzgerald after hazing allegations surface with football team