Court Permits Football Hazing Death Case Against Bucknell University to Continue

Aug 7, 2026

By Gary Chester, Senior Writer Hazing continues to be an unsettling problem at American institutions of higher learning. Harassment and bullying of newer student-athletes on sports teams has long been a safety issue; it prompted the NCAA to issue a hazing prevention handbook for coaches in 2007. The materials address student misconduct. The handbook does not address abuse by coaches, but a tragic case involving Bucknell University suggests that it needs to be revised. In Dickey v. Bucknell Unive
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