Sports Moguls Deny Responsibility for Colleges' Problems

By Douglas Lederman

New York, New York -- The way some college officials see it, professional sports leagues are at least partly responsible for the problems that plague big-time intercollegiate athletics.

They make this argument, for example: If the professional leagues didn't draft players before they had finished their college careers, the graduation rates for college athletes would be higher.

And this one: The universities are serving as a de facto farm system for the National Football League