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Entertainment & Sports

Nov. 17, 2011

Big-time college football: End it or reform it now

It is clear that football at this level has lost its bearings. By Rodney K. Smith of Thomas Jefferson School of Law


By Rodney K. Smith


With ever-increasing commercialization in big-time college football and the scandal currently embroiling at Penn State University involving legendary coach, Joe Paterno, it is clear that football at this level has lost its bearings. For the first time in my life, as a former college president, I am on the verge of urging Congress to investigate big-time college football to determine whether it should be eliminated or regulated in significant wa...

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