Buckeyes' Leader Believes College Presidents Should Help Contain Sports Spending

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Escalating spending on intercollegiate sports has become an arms race, says E. Gordon Gee. His opinion matters, as he now presides over the superpower of college sports, Ohio State University. With 36 varsity teams, the university's annual athletics budget of about $110-million is the nation's largest.

During his stint as Vanderbilt University's chancellor, Mr. Gee drew national attention for folding the athletics department into the office of student affairs (

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