UM: Penn State

Former University of Michigan president James Duderstadt is quoted in a column by Joe Nocera in the New York Times about the role that institutionalized college sports played in the Penn State sexual abuse scandal: “College football and men’s basketball has drifted so far away from the educational purpose of the university. They exploit young people and prevent them from getting a legitimate college education. They place the athlete’s health at enormous risk, which becomes apparent later in life. We are supposed to be developing human potential, not making money on their backs. Football strikes at the core values of a university.” [Source]