Northwestern players 選ぶ to forgo Big Ten マスコミ days in wake of school's 煙霧ing スキャンダルs
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Northwestern will not have any players at the Big Ten's 年次の マスコミ days this week after the three who were scheduled to …に出席する 選ぶd Tuesday to 支援する out because of 煙霧ing スキャンダルs that have （海，煙などが）飲み込むd the school.
Linebacker Bryce Gallagher, 防御の 支援する 棒 Heard II and receiver Bryce Kirtz said in a 声明 they made the "very difficult" 決定／判定勝ち（する） after 協議するing with 暫定的な coach David Braun, their parents and チーム仲間s.
"Given the 最近の events 伴う／関わるing the Northwestern football program, we did not want our 参加 to be 支配するd by the 煙霧ing 問題／発行する and steal the 焦点（を合わせる） away from football and the 近づいている season," they said.
Each school usually sends three players and the 長，率いる coach to the two-day event to field questions about the 近づいている season from reporters. Gallagher, Heard and Kirtz were to be 利用できる on Wednesday. Braun is still scheduled to 演説（する）／住所 the マスコミ.
"The 決定／判定勝ち（する） from our players to forgo Big Ten マスコミ Day was 完全に theirs, and they approached it with a 広大な／多数の／重要な 取引，協定 of 成熟 and thoughtfulness," Braun said in a 声明. "I'm fully supportive of both their 推論する／理由ing and the 決定／判定勝ち（する） itself, and I look 今後 to …に出席するing the event."
Northwestern is 直面するing 多重の 訴訟s from male and 女性（の） 競技者s, 含むing one by former quarterback Lloyd Yates, 主張するing 煙霧ing by チーム仲間s that in cludes 性の 乱用. The 52-page （民事の）告訴 also says coaches made 人種上 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d comments to players of color.
Northwestern 解雇する／砲火／射撃d longtime 解雇する／砲火／射撃d football coach Pat Fitzgerald on July 10. Baseball coach Jim Foster was let go three days later まっただ中に 不品行／姦通 主張s.
Braun was elevated to 暫定的な coach six months after he was 雇うd as the Wildcats' 防御の 調整者／コーディネーター. He spent the previous four seasons in the same position at North Dakota 明言する／公表する, where he helped lead the Bison to FCS 国家の 選手権s in 2019 and 2021.
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