Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin football coach and athletic director.   Did
he ever advocate lowering admissions standards for athletes, football
players?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 03 Jun 2006 09:21 PDT

Not that I can see, at least not at UW.

The school prides itself on its academic commitment, even for top
athletes, and Alvarez has always (publicly) echoed that sentiment, as
far as I can tell.

He's gone as far as to chastize other schools for lax standards:

"...''It annoys me to see Notre Dame recruit a kid full bore and we've
already made the decision to back off,'' [Alvarez] said. ''Iowa isn't
even flinching. If they recruit a kid who meets nothing more than the
NCAA (academic) standard, they think he's a great student.''


Alvarez was also one of the first coaches in the US to have academic
performance of the athletes built into his contract at UW.


Does that information help at all?

pafalafa-ga