[NU Sports] Gordon Gee

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At Vandy he didn't have an athletic department that grossed over
$100,00,000. and in the words of the Chairman of the OSU Board, Leslie
Wexner, defined the University.
Mark

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Fellow Wildcat Faithful,
>
> I'll admit to taking great joy in watching tOSU unravel, but at the end of
> the
> day it's an embarassing reflection on the Big Ten.
>
>
> I find it very interesting that this all happened while Gordon Gee was
> president
> at tOSU. I was in business school at Vanderbilt when he so proudly
> dismantled
> the athletic department there. I don't have a direct quote from him but the
> general idea what that the athletic departemnt kept the student-athletes
> apart
> from the regular students and that was a bad thing.
>
>
> If Gee survives in Columbus I wonder if he'd have the courage to implement
> the
> same strategy at a school where the athletic department is clearly doing
> damage
> to the university.
>
> Victory & Honor,
> Jim
>
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