Why did he leave Miami the year they won the National Championship? Did he plan on retiring?

Nevermind. I just googled it. He went to the USFL. Or he was GOING to the USFL.

3601 Wrote:Why did he leave Miami the year they won the National Championship? Did he plan on retiring?

He had been battling with the new UM President Foote and AD. UM President Foote was not a big sports fan, he wanted to raised the academics requirements for athletes to Ivy League standards, cut funding for athletics and did not endorse building an on campus stadium.

I see this President Foote guy wasn't exactly the sharpest knife on the shelf. What ended up happening to him?

For all the issues we have with President Shalala, and there are many, she has always been a pro-sports person.

I wonder how President Foote felt when Miami football became the best generator of publicity for his university?

Krocker Krapp Wrote:I see this President Foote guy wasn't exactly the sharpest knife on the shelf. What ended up happening to him?

For all the issues we have with President Shalala, and there are many, she has always been a pro-sports person.

I wonder how President Foote felt when Miami football became the best generator of publicity for his university?

he had a sex change operation, changed his name to shirley raines and became the president of the University of Memphis