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Perhaps part of the answer lies with the Harvard jock himself. Unlike many big-time athletic programs in big colleges, Harvard athletics does not and cannot recruit heavily and blatantly. The Ivy League does not permit it, and scholarships are severely limited. The athletic department does not have a very large budget to work with...
Feminist Gloria Steinem was quick to take offense at what she called "Jock-ocracy." She saw the failure to guarantee equal funds for women's sports as a commitment to "equality if it doesn't cost anything." In Michigan, Jo Jacobs of the Committee to Study Sex Discrimination in Kalamazoo Public Schools also found the proposals wanting but was "not surprised. Most institutions, including HEW and the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), are controlled by males." Kay Hutchcraft, program coordinator of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, offered a rare but cautious cheer for the new policy...
...what one might call a hard-core jock, nor am I quite wealthy enough to be able to afford much over several thou for this project. But I'd sure hate to see the old stadium crumble...
...presence felt in quiet ways as well as loud. He is accused of insufficient sympathy for fellow blacks; yet he unobtrusively gives away thousands of dollars every year to black, Indian and Mexican-American community groups. He sometimes likes to come on like just another impulsive free-spending jock; actually, he is a shrewd businessman (land development) who just may make good on an ambition to become baseball's first black team owner...
...arguments fell apart under questioning, Boyle tried a final tactic. "Jock Yablonski and I were very close friends," he said. "The day after I heard of the murder I put up $50,000 in reward money for the apprehension of the killers." Sprague then turned to Suzanne Richards, Boyle's executive assistant for 20 years. Richards said that it was she who proposed a reward-for $100,000 -and prepared a press release to that effect. "I gave it to Boyle, who said he'd think about it. Later, he said he was against any reward...