As hazing scandal plays out at Northwestern, some lawyers say union for athletes might have helped
Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald jogs off the field after a 21-7 loss to Duke on Sept. 8, 2018, at Ryan Field in Evanston.
“It’s bigger than one university,” Simpson Tuegel said. “It’s bigger than one survivor who has been abused or even just one team. It is a deeply ingrained cultural issue and the product often of long-term institutional negligence.
“At the end of the day, I don’t put this on the players — or the players not being organized,” said attorney Steve Levin, who is representing some of the athletes suing Northwestern. “This is, in my opinion, an administration problem. Northwestern had a clear-cut policy. That policy wasn’t followed. It should have just been ended, and the players should have never been in a position of having to have a voice to prevent it.
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