Hazing

Before he became the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Phillips was the director of athletics at Northwestern. Three lawsuits against the school have named him as a defendant.

The scandal has led to at least three lawsuits and the firing of football coach Pat Fitzgerald. Phillips has been named as a defendant for two of the lawsuits along with other university leaders in their oversight roles.

A sergeant accused of hazing a private who then committed suicide goes on trial today at Fort Bragg. Sergeant Adam Holcomb of Youngstown, Ohio, is one of…