With more private money coming into college sports, concern is growing about how much influence boosters have in intercollegiate athletics.
Some college leaders worry that athletics departments could run afoul of NCAA rules or face other problems because many boosters are disconnected from higher education.
“There’s just so much money around athletics programs,” says R. Gerald Turner, president of Southern Methodist University and co-chair of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. “When there’s all that money, you have to worry about people who care nothing about the institution but are absolutely devoted to that program’s winning.”
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