If the hazing reports are true Pat Fitzgerald needs to be fired by Northwestern

Pat Fitzgerald is a very solid coach and even though his Wildcats were 1-11 last year, there is some troubling news coming out of Northwestern. If this news is in fact true, I feel Fitzgerald needs to resign or be fired because it is disgusting.

An anonymous former player came forward today and the details of the hazing are pretty gross.

A former Northwestern University football player told The Daily some of the hazing conduct investigated by the university involved coerced sexual acts.

Here is what the report said:

The former player said he reported his experiences to the University in late November 2022.  He alleges that much of the team’s hazing centered around a practice dubbed “running,” which was used to punish team members, primarily freshman, for mistakes made on the field and in practice. 

If a player was selected for “running,” the player who spoke to The Daily said, they would be restrained by a group of 8-10 upperclassmen dressed in various “Purge-like” masks, who would then begin “dry-humping” the victim in a dark locker room. 

“It’s a shocking experience as a freshman to see your fellow freshman teammates get ran, but then you see everybody bystanding in the locker room,” the player said. “It’s just a really abrasive and barbaric culture that has permeated throughout that program for years on end now.” 

There was another situation where a player claimed he witnessed a naked center-quarterback exchange, wherein a freshman quarterback was forced to take an under-center snap from a freshman center, while both players were naked. 

Northwestern’s definition of sexual misconduct, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, stalking, dating or domestic violence, and sexual harassment are all prohibited, and Fitzgerald was only suspended for two games. If this is in fact true, Coach Fitzgerald needs to be fired or resign. Do you agree?