Category Archives: Education
What If Their Child Had Been The Victim?
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By DERON SNYDER If you have a young son or daughter, or a young niece or nephew, or another young person you care about regardless of relation, the past week led to some reflection. Is there anybody who might be … Continue reading
Tough Call Ahead For Maryland President Loh
By DERON SNYDER Members of Maryland’s commission on intercollegiate athletics faced an unenviable task when president Wallace D. Loh brought them together four months ago. They were asked to review the athletic department’s finances and operations and then recommend measures … Continue reading
Beware When Coaches Become Deities
By DERON SNYDER We’ll never forget that line last March, as the Ohio State football program was unraveling, when president E. Gordon Gee was asked about possibly firing Jim Tressel. “Are you kidding?” he said. “I’m just hopeful that the … Continue reading
Blame Penn State Riots On Joe Paterno
If the stubborn coach had retired instead of forcing trustees to fire him, the reaction would have been much tamer.
No Happy Valley Until Whole Place Purged
By DERON SNYDER If Penn State coach Joe Paterno and Penn State president Graham Spanier are employed as you begin reading this column, they shouldn’t be by the time you’re finished. For anyone who disagrees, I suggest some additional reading … Continue reading
Rally For Joe Paterno An Insult To Victims
By DERON SNYDER The disgust generated by Penn State’s swirling child-abuse scandal rose another level Tuesday night when Joe Paterno — smiling and laughing — emerged from his house to address a raucous crowd that was chanting his name. “We … Continue reading
March For Equality Outside The Lines Continues
By DERON SNYDER Bobby Mitchell paused and stared ahead for several seconds. Moderator Maury Povich had just posed a loaded question to the NFL Hall of Famer who integrated the Washington Redskins in 1962 and later served as the team’s … Continue reading
Reforms Won’t Solve NCCA’s Problems
By DERON SNYDER Paying college athletes always has seemed wrong to me for a number of reasons. All college athletes aren’t big revenue producers. There’s no way to devise an equitable compensation system. Athletes in nonrevenue sports need the funds … Continue reading
NFL Star Lectures At Harvard University
By DERON SNYDER Using “brave” to describe athletes and their feats is almost always a poor choice of words. But it’s quite appropriate in describing Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall, who has been exhibiting a form of courage that’s … Continue reading
Looking Past The Sleaze Of High School Hoops
By DERON SNYDER It’s easy to be jaded and cynical and skeptical about the merits of big-time youth basketball, in which teenagers fly around the nation, play on national TV and grace magazine covers. It’s easy to surmise that the … Continue reading
