Word: reardon
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Harvard Director of Athletics John P. Reardon '60, a member of the NCAA Council, accepts the rationale of the new rule. "Anything that moves in the direction of treating all applicants the same way is okay," he says...
...notion that dishonest alumni--especially Ivy alums--are the root cause of collegiate cheating is "ridiculous," Reardon says. "we're just not afraid of our alumni," the Ivy League's Orleans says. "We don't have that problem of a `shadow economy' here...
...stand on my head in the NCAA office and say, `this is not going to do it. Taking alumni out of the system isn't going to eliminate the problem," says Reardon, who believes that colleges' misplaced priorities lead to athletic corruption...
Alumni also get into the act of trying to sway admissions officials. "You have to hope that the Admissions Committee is strong," Reardon says. "I've never seen undue influence that is outrageous. But it is a subjective process...
...director of athletics, Reardon rarely gets personally involved in admissions decisions for recruited athletes, although he often is asked about sticky cases because of his admissions background. "I would not hesitate to talk to Bill Fitzsimmons about a great person," Reardon says...