“Those kinds of things are extremely damaging.”

That’s UO’s Interim President Bob Berdahl, discussing athletic scandals. Results from a survey of college and university presidents show:

Exactly 75 percent of the presidents surveyed said colleges and universities spend too much on athletics, and only one out of every seven — just 13.1 percent— said that the presidents of big-time college athletics programs are in control their programs.

From Sam Stites in the ODE. More complete results here. 3/15/2012.