| This is a profoundly sad and starkly illuminating book. Sad, because it is an account of a system gone awry in heaping injustice after injustice upon one part of our society. Illuminating, because it casts a strong light upon dark places that all of us knew existed but few of us even dared whisper about. |
| How strange that, in our macho business, courage has not been in abundance! |
| It almost seems impossible that, in the freest country in the world, we tolerated an organization like the NCAA. Is it because we were indifferent, intimidated, uninformed, selfish, loyal to the system, left out, or didn't know how to change a system that has failed in its mission? |
| Thank God it's all finally out on the tablespelled out in this bookwhich may be our only assurance that it doesn't happen again. |
| Finally, this is a book of hope, because Dick Schultz, an ex-coach and ex-athletic director and a man with both common sense and sensitivity, has taken over the leadership of our organization. And there is hope because members of Congress, coaches, college presidents, faculty, chancellors, athletic directors, conference commissioners and even the media have begun to speak out about the immediate need for reform. |
| There is no question that the system needs change. This honest review of the NCAA makes a precise, step-by-step case for that change and should help speed up the process. |
| All of us must now work together and forget the past. It takes courage to admit our mistakes, but, as Robert F. Kennedy said: "Each time a man stands up for an idea, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a |
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