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Ill-considered decisions involving their school's sports programs have gotten three presidents of schools in trouble recently. All three schools ended their basketball seasons early to try to impress the NCAA that they are policing their own programs, to avoid more penalties.
* Robert J. Wickenheiser resigned as president of St. Bonaventure University at the request of trustees, after a basketball scandal that also resulted in placing the AD and both the head and an assistant basketball coach on leave. The president supported admission of a 6'8" junior basketball player who transferred from a community college with a certificate in welding rather than an associate degree, as NCAA rules require.
* John D. Welty, president of California State University-Fresno, is on the hot seat after revelations of academic irregularities by former basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, whose reputation ...