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Paul Whorening said in an interview that Notre Shame must lower its academic standards so that they can have black athletes on their team.
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Hornung: Irish 'must get the black athlete'
Ex-N.D. star says school must ease its academic standardsSportsTicker
Updated: 7:58 a.m. ET March 31, 2004DETROIT - Former Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung has called on Notre Dame to “ease” its academic standards to attract “black athletes” so the perennial football power can remain competitive.
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Hornung, one of school’s most famous and outspoken alumni, made his comments Tuesday night on AM 1270 in Detroit.
“As far as Notre Dame is concerned, we’re going to have to ease it up a little bit,” he said. “We can’t stay as strict as we are as far as the academic structure is concerned because we’ve got to get the black athlete. We must get the black athlete if we’re going to compete.”
Noting that the Fighting Irish face eight bowl teams next season, Hornung added, “You can’t play a schedule like this unless you have the black athlete today, you just can’t do it. ... And it’s still very tough getting in Notre Dame and yet they want to win.”
Notre Dame was 5-7 last season, its third losing record in five years. Ratings for Fighting Irish telecasts on NBC matched the lowest in the 13 years the school has been on the network.
Featuring a lackluster offense, Notre Dame was shut out twice and held to 14 points or fewer in three other games.
Ironically, the Fighting Irish are coached by Tyrone Willingham, one of a handful of African-American coaches in Division I-A. Hired in 2002, he won his first eight games but faced increased criticism from alumni like Hornung after losing 10 of the next 17 contests.
Hornung remains the only Heisman Trophy winner to play for a losing team. He won the award as college football’s top player after Notre Dame went 2-8 in 1956.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4637181/
Hornung: Irish 'must get the black athlete'
Ex-N.D. star says school must ease its academic standardsSportsTicker
Updated: 7:58 a.m. ET March 31, 2004DETROIT - Former Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung has called on Notre Dame to “ease” its academic standards to attract “black athletes” so the perennial football power can remain competitive.
advertisement
Hornung, one of school’s most famous and outspoken alumni, made his comments Tuesday night on AM 1270 in Detroit.
“As far as Notre Dame is concerned, we’re going to have to ease it up a little bit,” he said. “We can’t stay as strict as we are as far as the academic structure is concerned because we’ve got to get the black athlete. We must get the black athlete if we’re going to compete.”
Noting that the Fighting Irish face eight bowl teams next season, Hornung added, “You can’t play a schedule like this unless you have the black athlete today, you just can’t do it. ... And it’s still very tough getting in Notre Dame and yet they want to win.”
Notre Dame was 5-7 last season, its third losing record in five years. Ratings for Fighting Irish telecasts on NBC matched the lowest in the 13 years the school has been on the network.
Featuring a lackluster offense, Notre Dame was shut out twice and held to 14 points or fewer in three other games.
Ironically, the Fighting Irish are coached by Tyrone Willingham, one of a handful of African-American coaches in Division I-A. Hired in 2002, he won his first eight games but faced increased criticism from alumni like Hornung after losing 10 of the next 17 contests.
Hornung remains the only Heisman Trophy winner to play for a losing team. He won the award as college football’s top player after Notre Dame went 2-8 in 1956.