Some Northwestern football fans are ditching their tickets in the wake of the hazing scandal, firing of Fitzgerald
CHICAGO — The day Northwestern University fired head football coach Pat Fitzgerald in response to the team’s hazing scandal, alums Jim Nugent and Vicki Olivera Nugent immediately decided to cancel their football season tickets and requested a refund in protest.
“We simply believe the president of the university caved in to political correctness and wrongly fired a distinguished leader on the Northwestern campus without cause,” Jim Nugent said.
The couple from north suburban Glenview said they had paid roughly $800 for tickets this season, and have been season ticket holders for several years. They said they contacted Northwestern’s ticket office and were told the refund would be processed “but to be patient, because a lot of people are canceling tickets,” Olivera Nugent recalled.
“I completely understand your decision,” a Northwestern official responded via email to Jim Nugent’s request to cancel. “I will put down your request, and the operations team will process that refund for you. They will be able to process that refund early next week, and if there are any questions feel free to reach out.”
As the university endures continued fallout from recent football player hazing revelations, some fans are grappling with whether they’ll continue attending football games or ditch their tickets
