November 8, 2002
Rice U. Football Coach Chastised for Comments on Gay Athletes
Rice University's football coach publicly apologized last week for comments he made about gay players in an article in the November 1 issue of The Chronicle. The apology came at the behest of the institution's president, Malcolm Gillis, who reprimanded Ken Hatfield for sharing personal views on homosexuality that run counter to Rice's nondiscrimination policy.
The article was about the environment for gay athletes in college sports. In it, Mr. Hatfield was quoted as saying that
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