[NU Sports] RE: nwu-sports Digest, Vol 4, Issue 340

[Dennis W. Brandt]

> That said, the Northwestern athletic department is miles-miles-miles
> ahead of where it was when most of us on this list were students.

That is not a compliment when you remember that it was miles-miles-miles 
behind where it should have been.  Any improvement to nothing is something. 
But they've hit a plateau on football and remain invisible on men's 
basketball.  Those are the sports that matter most and that get the 
university the most press and revenue.   Mark Murphy cannot do what the 
administration will not allow him to do.  If he leaves, he will be going 
from a small-time operation to a grand one.  If Ohio State's AD made the 
same move, he would be making a lateral move into a different sports venue.