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Alumni are cautioned to use discretion in identifying potential scholar-athletes. "It's no good if they don't know how to spell cat,"' says Reardon...
...says Dean of Admissions Williams R. Fitzsimmons '67, is "a very risky business." Nonetheless, coaches are usually correct in so far as their recruits are almost certain to be the top players of the future. Few non-recruited "walk-ons" make Harvard's varsity athletic squads anymore, according to Reardon...
...Athletic Department recruiting budget is used for other purposes--telephone calls, letters, and especially coaches' travel. Reardon refused to disclose the amount of the recruiting budget, but commented, "We really don't spend a whole lot of money...
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...