January 7, 2005

College Presidents Must Take Charge of College Sports

By SCOTT S. COWEN

I was present at a recent athletics forum when the Rev. Edward A. Malloy, the president of the University of Notre Dame, expressed dismay over his institution's firing of the head football coach with two years left on his contract. Apparently the coach had done everything right on and off the field -- except win a national championship.

Father Malloy's comments reminded me of my own past two years as a university president, which have been challenging, eye-opening, disillusioning

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