I feel like it is reaching the point that his chances of eventually getting another job would have been better if he'd owned it rather that denying any knowledge.

So some of you might be able to provide a better perspective but I quit playing organized sports when I was about 12 which was still the 1980s so I wasn't playing where people took it pretty seriously. It was also a time when journalists started reporting hazing practices. At the time coaches seemed indignant about it and seemed to think hazing was an important part of team bonding. I can't comprehend how it could do anything but damage team unity. I never experienced it so I might not have the best informed opinion but I JUST DON'T GET HOW IT EVER BECAME A THING AT ALL. Why? Just Why? In pro sports you still have rookies expected to carry bags on road trips. I don't understand how even that could benefit the team.

I think that's all going to depend on how he handles the backlash. Art Briles stood firm on his ground during the Baylor scandal and colleges won't touch him with a 10 foot pole. If Fitzgerald truly believes he did nothing wrong, had no knowledge and couldn't control his program, I highly doubt he gets another shot elsewhere.

Sure, but there's a big difference here: Fitzgerald's a completely mediocre coach.

Don't get me wrong, Northwestern's a tough job. But he's basically a .500 coach. I don't think he's the sort of guy you go to the PR mat for.

I predict he ends up at Akron as soon as the current coach -- Joe Moorhead -- bolts for the P5. Sounds like a perfect match to me.

I reject the "it's impossible to win in football at NW, Vandy, Duke, etc.

James Franklin was at Vandy three seasons and went to bowls all three. Had back to back nine win seasons. Had wins over Auburn, Tennessee (twice), Georgia, Florida, etc

In the last ten years, Duke has had some 9 wins seasons and a 10 win season.

So Fitzgerald has come out swinging and told his agent and his newly appointed attorney “To protect my rights in accordance with the law”
Not going down quietly. I’m guessing He’ll get a lot of his contracted salary.

Has he hired the firm of Jack, Daniels & Moneysmith out of Morgantown, West "By God" Virginia? I hear that they are in high demand by coaches who are in hot water.

There's an article in today's The Record by Mike Freeman of USA Today about racism with NW's football program in the late 2000's .

The Record won't let you link the article, but if you google "mike freeman usa today" it comes up

Dr. Strauss, Jerry Sandusky, Larry Nassar, now this. Amazing how this stuff keeps happening at B10 schools.

Why did you not report this? And as fellow physician's I believe they would be bound as mandatory reporters.

I have no idea what the physicians involved reported or didn't report at that time. If they did report it, what they said was ignored. I was not at this meeting. I am not a physician. I was an administrator at the medical school. All I know is that when they came back from the CME conference at MSU one of the physicians told me what had happened and another one who was present during the conversation confirmed it. What I'm suggesting is that if these OU-COM physicians had this experience, those at MSU must have been aware even back then of Dr. Nassar's weird behavior. This one presentation at a CME conference was undoubtedly not the only time he did things of this nature that were observed by other physicians and other folks at MSU. I'm afraid that this might be one more example of the medical profession not doing a good job of self-policing. I will say that within OU-COM at the time we had a dean (the late Frank Myers, D.O.) who was very good at throwing out the bad wood. I know of several examples where Dr. Myers took it upon himself to summarily fire physicians who had engaged in problematic behavior. Not all medical schools were so fortunate.