Woman Sues Nebraska Coach's Foundation
Beverly Morgan sued the Bo Pelini Foundation and volunteer coach Tim Beck in Lancaster County Court, Lincoln, Neb.
The Bo Pelini Foundation, founded by Cornhuskers head football coach Bo Pelini and his wife in 2008, organizes and sponsors an annual football clinic for women called "Football 101," according to the complaint.
Morgan says she was injured in a gauntlet drill in June 2010, in which she ran through two columns of women with blocking pads, who tried to knock the ball out of her hands.
"The women with the pads were encouraged by defendant Beck and/or others in charge of the drill to 'Hit her!' as the ball carrier attempted to get through the gauntlet line," the complaint states.
"Plaintiff, before June 2, 2010, was unfamiliar with football other than as a Cornhusker fan."