October 25, 2002

Will Its New President Bring Real Reform to the NCAA?

By MURRAY SPERBER

The announcement this month by the National Collegiate Athletic Association that it had chosen Myles Brand, president of the Indiana University System, as its next president surprised most observers. Some people, particularly athletics directors and coaches, reacted with polite silence and -- because of their frequent hostility to college presidents -- probably private scorn. After all, Brand will be the first person in charge of the NCAA who comes from the academic, not the athletic, side of

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