Erik Kotek has been identified as the racist Badgers fan who showed racist gestures towards the Northwestern University student section.
It has been around a month since the video of a Badgers fan doing racist gestures went viral on TikTok.
The incident took place in a basketball game between Wisconsin Badgers and the Northwestern University basketball team around a month ago.
In the middle of the match, a fan from the stand was filmed doing racist gestures towards the student section of the opponent team.
After repeated actions, he was taken away from the stand by the guard and the Badgers later announced that he was banned from any future games.
While the Wisconsin-based team banned the fan, they didn’t mention his name or any identifying details.
And since he had worn a mask in the game, people couldn’t get to know the man and didn’t see his face.
However, now a TikTok user has located the identification of the racist man.
Who Is Erik Kotek? Racist Badgers Fan Finally Identified
Erik Kotek is the racist Badgers fan who was filmed doing racist gestures towards the student section of Northwestern University.
He is identified as an employee of the SAP software company according to his LinkedIn profile.
A media user named Danesh made the video claiming the identification of the racist Badgers fan.
As per the finding, Kotek works as a Senior Account Executive in the human capital management solutions section of SAP.
The LinkedIn profile also confirms his position in the software company.
While identifying the person, the user also says that the Wisconsin basketball team didn’t reveal his name due to his job at SAP.
Nonetheless, the actual confirmation can be confusing to some due to the person’s face being covered by the mask, but the claim seems to be true as an outsider.
Wisconsin Controversy Explained
The Wisconsin controversy is about a Badgers fan doing racial gestures towards the NWU student section.
It happened during a basketball game between the two institutions.
In the footage, the racist man, identified as Kotak, can be seen showing his middle finger, stretching his eyes to make it a racial sign, and a few other gestures towards the students.
He was taken down by the guards and was removed from the court area as seen in the clip.
It quickly became a heated topic as people wondered about the identity of the discriminatory man.
