Former Northwestern point guard Johnnie Vassar has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the University and the NCAA, alleging that the NCAA’s transfer rules allowed Northwestern to intimidate him into transferring to another school.
The complaint, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleges Vassar was “berated” by Northwestern staff, including head basketball coach Chris Collins, and was put “through a campaign of harassment, pressure, and deception,” leading to his eventual transfer.
Although he announced his intention to transfer on March 30, 2015, Vassar was unable to find a school that would accept him to play basketball if he was not eligible to play right away.