UM: Football

Paul Anger, editor and publisher of the Detroit Free Press, writes a column describing the backlash against the newspaper after it published an investigative report on possible NCAA rules violations in UM’s football program: “We knew what was coming – a backlash from some Wolverine fans, who are as passionate about their team as fans are about theirs in East Lansing or Gainesville, Austin or Norman. The backlash has included threats against [reporters] Rosenberg and Snyder. One gem from the fanatical fringe: ‘I’m a person of strong moral conviction … however, I wish nothing but pain and death to you.’ What did these two journalists do, exactly? Their jobs. And well.” [Source]