“Northwestern University made some unusual, bizarre decisions in the past week that seriously have damaged Pat Fitzgerald’s reputation,” attorney Dan Webb told the Tribune.for its football team. Fitzgerald has two children who attend the Wilmette high school, and his son Jack is a graduate.
Webb, a former U.S. attorney, brings significant profile to the matter. His cases make headlines: he recently defended Fox News in a lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. The hiring of such a significant figure led to speculation in legal circles that Fitzgerald could be trying to hedge against lawsuits or even criminal liability.
Fitz is one of six faculty members who sent a letter July 10 to Schill, Gragg and board chair Peter Barris, asking the stadium rebuild be put on hold. Community groups, students and others have expressed similar sentiments.remain to be seen — from potentially marring the reputation of the prestigious research university to galvanizing opposition against a planned $800 million football stadium rebuild in the wake of so much athletic program controversy.
“I’d like to think this will not hurt our academics reputation. But it’s concerning,” said Ceci Rodgers, Northwestern’s faculty senate president. “The question it could raise in prospective students’ parents’ minds is, does this university respond adequately to concerns or allegations that impact the safety of my child, not just the athletic students, but all students?”
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