Friday, September 28, 2007

Story On Backup QB At UNH

The Boston Globe has a tremendously detailed and compelling story about UNH backup quarterback Hank Hendricks, a protege of Doug Flutie, who is facing murder charges in Southern California.

The Dartmouth alum who teaches at Rutgers and is unhappy about the school's push for success in big-time athletics is coming under fire for his comments in a New York Times article this week. William C. Dowling was quoted this way:
"If you were giving the scholarship to an intellectually brilliant kid who happens to play a sport, that's fine. But they give it to a functional illiterate who can't read a cereal box, and then make him spend 50 hours a week on physical skills. That's not opportunity. If you want to give financial help to minorities, go find the ones who are at the library after school."

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