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Alleged racism/bullying by coaches on Illini football and women's basketball teams

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7/7/15 at 8:18p in the College Sports Forum
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I don't know much about basketball--I blame my poor eye-hand coordination--but I do know Tim Beckman isn't the classiest of coaches, and also can't win but this is a new one. 

He says Beckman threatened to say bad things about his character to National Football League scouts unless he returned to the field after injuries. Once, he says, he was pressured to return two weeks after an ankle injury that his doctor told him needed a six- to eight-week recovery.

His younger brother, who also played football but quit the team, struggled as well. A Type 1 diabetic, Peter Cvijanovic had trouble gaining weight and says he was bullied daily by coaches for it.

"They made him step on the scale three to five times a day," Simon Cvijanovic said. "Every time he walked by, coach would make him step up on the scale, and Peter would hang his head and get up on the scale. We were both throwing up in the morning from anxiety -- me from my knee and him because of the weight issue."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/07/us/illinois-athletics-allegations/index.html

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