Dartmouth's Statement on Saturday

The AP writes a story out of the Dartmouth release (below).

Dartmouth has released its statement on the melee after the Dartmouth-Holy Cross football game last Saturday:

Statement by Dartmouth Director of Athletics Jo Ann Harper

I have concluded a Dartmouth Athletics Department review of the altercation between the Dartmouth and Holy Cross football squads immediately following their Oct. 14 game on Dartmouth's Memorial Field.

It is obvious that many players and some staff of both teams were involved in this incident. While I have been unable to determine individual responsibility, I have told the Dartmouth players and staff that this type of behavior is unacceptable. I have subsequently shared with the Dean of the College Office all the information I have been able to gather, for review by that office.

We have emphasized to the team and the coaches that representing Dartmouth in intercollegiate competition is an honor and a privilege, one that is contingent on our confidence that individual players, staff and teams can conduct themselves in ways that represent our values of sportsmanship. We have also told them that the College will continue its review of the matter, and that any further behavior that undermines our confidence would call that privilege into question.

Coach Teevens, his staff and his players have acknowledged that the actions displayed Saturday were not in keeping with acceptable standards of behavior at Dartmouth, nor with the great traditions of Dartmouth football and Dartmouth athletics in general. They join me in apologizing to the Dartmouth community, the Holy Cross community and the public. All of us pledge to do our best to see that this behavior is not repeated by the Dartmouth football team or, for that matter, any Dartmouth athletes or teams.