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Don Downs: Are donors pushed to give to athletics, not academics?

Last Sunday?s editorial, “College football running up its score,” raises important questions for higher education. These include dealing with the consequences of a financial arms race, the potential corruption of the institutions at stake, the death knell for traditional rivalries that have inspired so many fans to be avid followers ? look at what is happening to UW hockey ? and the incredible salaries now being paid to coaches that dwarf what even university presidents make.