NCPA Steps in to Controversy Involving University of Illinois Football Coach

By Tyler O’Hara   In early May, former University of Illinois football player Simon Cvijanovic tweeted a series of allegations regarding abusive behavior by head football coach Tim Beckman. Among the allegations cited, Cvijanovic accused Beckman of physically attacking a player, pressuring injured players to play or quit, withholding medical information, and overruling doctors’ orders of recovery time. After Cvijanovic’s initial tweets, former Beckman player Nick North also came forwa