1. In this day and age of conspiracy theories, things that seem straightforward get questioned or doubted.
The Pat Fitzgerald situation is straightforward. Northwestern football players revealed detailed accounts of hazing. Other players alleged Fitzgerald made Black players cut their dreadlocks, among other things. The school did an investigation. University president Michael Schill said 11 current or former college athletes acknowledged the hazing with the football team. Fitzgerald got fired.
This is not a complicated story.