Word: abolitionism
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It's really nice to hear football coaches, college presidents, and athletic directors all over the country loudly thumping their chests and singing the praises of football de-emphasis in a high falsetto voice. It's even nicer when they do something constructive about it. But it's awfully hard...
Football Coach Lloyd-Jordan could not be reached for comment last night, but in the past he has said that abolition would be difficult to achieve because "before you knew it, all the football players would be training as members of the track team or something like that."
Director of Athletics Thomas D. Bolles last night said that he had heard nothing official about Yale's decision, but that he "had heard some rumors about that sort of thing." It is known that Bolles himself is not in favor of the complete abolition of spring practice. He regards...
The abolition of spring practice is being closely considered by all Ivy Group schools except Pennsylvania, Hall emphasized. Athletic Directors from the other Ivy League colleges will meet in early December to set policy on the matter, but it is understood that regardless of what other schools decide, Yale will...
One of the hardest shoves football has received resulted from the scandal into which the sport sank at the University of Virginia. The faculty of that university has now approved, 68 to 9, a report of its special committee which recommended general de-emphasis of the sport and specifically abolition...