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As a defensive lineman for the 1982 Ivy League Championship football team (H-45, Y-7) I am appalled that Athletic Director Bob Scalise, at the “request” of a group of Ivy League university presidents, is considering reducing the number of admitted athletic recruits to...
Athletes at Harvard have always been treated like second-class citizens by the administration and faculty, all the way down to the non-athletic student body. How many times have the Harvard athletes overheard classmates mutter “Oh, he just got admitted to the College because he plays...
To compare Harvard athletes with their counterparts at “jock schools” is erroneous. Unlike their athletic brethren at “big-time jock factories,” Harvard athletes make a conscious choice to forego “alumni freebies,” athletic scholarships...
The administration should start showing some respect to those men and women who represent the school on the athletic playing fields. Do not demean their personal sacrifices by paying lip service to “competitiveness” while simultaneously reducing athletic recruiting for their teams. Honor their commitment to...
University President Lawrence H. Summers should venture out of his Massachusetts Hall office and jog across the Charles to Dillon Field House. If he is lucky, maybe he will learn the importance of Harvard athletics to his student-athletes. If he rolls back athletic recruiting then he ought to be...