Northwestern student-athletes accuse program of cruel hazing practices | USA TODAY

Over 15 former Northwestern athletes are suing the Big 10 school and are speaking out about hazing allegations. RELATED: Fraternity hazing tied to decades of deaths    • Fraternity hazing tied to decades of death...   The hazing scandal that has rocked the Northwestern football program continues to deepen with troubling allegations, including claims that some coaches were involved. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, members of his legal team and four former Northwestern football players made new allegations Wednesday during a press conference in Chicago. “The abusive hazing was so entrenched in the Northwestern football culture that even some of our coaches took part in it,’’ Lloyd Yates, who played for the school from 2015 to 2017, said Wednesday. “The graphic, sexually intense behavior was well-known throughout the program.’’ » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://bit.ly/3Il7OJE » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #Northwestern #Hazing #Scandal