Current ACC Commissioner, Jim Phillips who was the AD at Northwestern before ascending to his current role has been included in lawsuits. Given that it looks like this hazing went on across multiple sports during his tenure is a really bad look. I could see this potentially impacting his current job, especially as I don't get the sense he is beloved by the league's membership.
A second lawsuit against Northwestern and its current and former leaders was filed Wednesday on behalf of an anonymous player, alleging hazing and abuse within the program. The lawsuit is similar to a Tuesday filing, also on behalf of an anonymous player, but added former longtime Northwestern athletic director and current ACC commissioner Jim Phillips to a list of defendants that includes the school, its trustees, former football coach Pat Fitzgerald, current athletic director Derrick Gragg, university president Michael Schill and former university president Morton Schapiro.
A second lawsuit against Northwestern and its current and former leaders was filed Wednesday on behalf of an anonymous player, alleging hazing and abuse within the program. The lawsuit is similar to a Tuesday filing, also on behalf of an anonymous player, but added former longtime Northwestern athletic director and current ACC commissioner Jim Phillips to a list of defendants that includes the school, its trustees, former football coach Pat Fitzgerald, current athletic director Derrick Gragg, university president Michael Schill and former university president Morton Schapiro.
Hazing, sexual violence allegedly 'rampant' at NU
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said his law firm has received reports from men and women of hazing within multiple Northwestern's athletic programs.
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