October 27, 2000

Knight Commission Gets an Earful From Critics of Big-Time College Sports

By WELCH SUGGS

At its first meeting, in August, the reconstituted Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics heard reports about the good side of college sports. Last week, the panel got an earful about the other side.

The group invited some of the most outspoken critics of the collegiate athletics system to present their cases for change, and they offered a bewildering array of problems and solutions. All of the speakers called for stronger measures to

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