One of the swirling stories at Big Ten media days is centered around Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck, after a story from Front Office Sports’ A.J. Perez said former players were alleging a toxic culture under his leadership.
Fleck unsurprisingly responded and denied them strongly throughout multiple answers to questions from reporters in Indianapolis.
One such claim was that there was something called The Fleck Bank, which was a system where players who had this fake currency were allegedly able to get away with violations of team rules. Fleck strongly denied that allegation at media days:
PJ Fleck explains what the "Fleck Bank" was (an analogy). Also calls allegations of toxic culture "baseless". #Gophers pic.twitter.com/jhNwDgxtOS
— Minnesota Sports Fan (@realmnsportsfan) July 27, 2023