July 16, 1999

Once Again, U. of Minnesota Asks Why Its Athletes Are Scandal-Prone

By WELCH SUGGS

Teams are tainted by low graduation rates and reports of academic fraud and sex harassment

Sometimes, says Mark G. Yudof, a basketball scandal is just a basketball scandal.

But the scandal unfolding in the third year of Mr. Yudof's presidency of the University of Minnesota's main campus here involves the key problem underlying big-time college sports: How do universities insure that blue-chip athletes behave like regular

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