NORTHWESTERN RUMORS & GOSSIP
Northwestern 74, Purdue 65
Drew Crawford scored 27 points and grabbed seven rebounds as the visiting Wildcats completed a season sweep over the Boilermakers.
Alex Olah added 14 points and seven rebounds for Northwestern (13-18, 6-12 Big Ten), which snapped a seven-game losing streak. Tre Demps chipped in with 10 points and five assists for the Wildcats, who committed just six turnovers.
Rapheal Davis recorded...
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ESPN hires new on-air talent Britt McHenry, a Northwestern graduate
Britt McHenry, a graduate of the Northwestern Medill School of Journalism, has joined ESPN as a Washington, D.C.-based bureau reporter. She will appear on SportsCenter, Outside the Lines and programs like NFL Live and Baseball Tonight. She starts on St. Patrick’s Day. Coincidental, given her Irish surname.
Britt McHenry leaves ABC7/WJLA-TV (since 2010) and News Channel 8 (since...
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CJ Bacher and Tyrell Sutton speak out against CAPA, Colter
Former Northwestern QB CJ Bacher is speaking out against another Wildcats starting quarterback, as he’s upset with the way Kain Colter has portrayed the NU football program during the NLRB proceedings. Bacher, along with another former NU star skill position player, running back Tyrell Sutton have fought back against Colter with a PR counter-offensive.
Their message is being spread...
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Both sides rest in the Northwestern Unionization case
The fifth day of testimony in the quest for Northwestern University football players to unionize was also the last day. Tuesday saw three witnesses called by the school; all three being former Wildcats football players. Predictably, all three witnesses spoke favorable of their time at Northwestern University.
Doug Bartels, John Henry Pace and Patrick Ward all spoke to the panel...
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3 ex-NU football players say coaches helped them earn tough degrees
Two former Northwestern University football players who started as walk-ons and who had limited playing time testified Tuesday at a National Labor Relations Board hearing that they pursued demanding careers in engineering and pre-med.
They testified for the university in an effort to counter quarterback Kain Colter’s earlier testimony that he was unable to pursue his dream of...
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Venric Mark to miss NU spring ball
Spring football begins Wednesday for Northwestern, but fifth-year tailback Venric Mark is among 11 players not participating after undergoing surgery.
Mark, who was granted a medical redshirt after being limited to one full game last season, underwent surgery on his left ankle.
Asked whether Mark’s ankle issue could linger into fall camp, NU coach Pat Fitzgerald replied, “I...
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Northwestern players losing the Unionization game?
Testimony continued this week in a federal office building in Chicago. At stake, the right of football players at Northwestern University to unionize as employees of the school.
Northwestern Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald testified before the NLRB. (Image from the Chicago Tribune)
Friday saw Wildcats Head Football coach Pat Fitzgerald on the stand. The College Athletes Players...
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How will Northwestern football unionizing effort impact recruiting?
On Tuesday, attorneys for both the Northwestern football players seeking to organize their labor and Northwestern University presented their case at the first in a number of National Labor Relations Board hearings that will start up again next Tuesday morning. The hearings are expected to end next week.
Kain Colter, spokesperson of the Northwestern football players seeking unionization...
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Northwestern’s Fitzgerald had to testify against his players
Because the College Athletes Players Association argues a relationship between a player and his coach should be considered an employee-employer relationship, Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald was asked to testify against his players on Friday.
The players union formed by Northwestern football players has been in court this week with the hope of being able to move forward with...
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In Northwestern vs CAPA, the biggest loser is the local media
Before the battle of Northwestern University versus CAPA and the Northwestern football players seeking to unionize went before the local NLRB, I knew there were a few local Big Ten media members who were kind of unintelligent and/or water carriers for the programs and the league that they cover.
Plus, I knew I was going to have to endure watching sportswriters opine on collective...
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Northwestern coach testifies against unionization
Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald testified for three hours Friday about a push by his players to form the nation's first union for college athletes, sometimes putting himself awkwardly at odds with his senior quarterback.
Sporting a tie in team-color purple, Fitzgerald answered questions before the National Labor Relations Board, which must decide in coming weeks if the football...
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What Effect does the Northwestern Unionization Attempt have on Wisconsin?
Last Monday football players at Northwestern University took steps to be recognized as a labor union. The players are effectively arguing that they generate revenue for the school based on their performance, so they should be recognized as university employees. They are likely to fail, but still. This is an important moment in college athletics.
What does this hubbub mean to...
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February 06, 2014
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Northwestern players attempting to start college football union
Northwestern QB/WR Kain Coulter has teamed with the National College Players Association (an advocacy group founded in 2001 who is backed by the United Steelworkers Union) to file a motion with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize college football players. The biggest challenge for the players is to prove that they are first employees […]
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January 28, 2014
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Report: Northwestern Football Players Taking Step To Unionize, One Explains Effort On Reddit
Current and former college athletes have become very active in trying to gain more rights and representation in the lucrative world of college athletics, and now Northwestern football players are taking a huge step in this area. Led by quarterback Kain Colter, Northwestern players have gone through National College Players Association president Ramogi Huma to file the necessary paperwork...
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January 28, 2014
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Top-ranked amateur Fitzpatrick quits school at Northwestern
Top-ranked amateur Matthew Fitzpatrick, widely regarded as British golf's hottest prospect, has quit university in the United States to pursue his career back in his native England.
The 19-year-old Fitzpatrick followed the path taken by compatriot Luke Donald by joining Northwestern University in Chicago last year, after a successful summer in which he won the U.S. Amateur and...
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January 14, 2014
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