7/8/2011: This is hilarious – from Ken Goe in the Oregonian. For years the UO Foundation has been little more than a money laundering operation for the Duck Athletic Fund. And all of a sudden the Chairman of the Board of Trustees is “concerned”?
… So, trustees were caught flat-footed by the latest revelations from Lyles, having been told by the administration the NCAA had essentially come and gone on the matter.
Norman Brown, an investment banker in New York who is chairman of the trustees, said this week that Lariviere offered a review of the situation at the board’s regular meeting on June 9th. …
On Wednesday, Brown said he had “no concern at this point..There’s no there, there. This is an old story. You’re embarked on a cul de sac.”
Interviewed again Friday, after he read some of the media accounts of Lyles’ latest interviews, Brown said he wanted to see all the facts before coming to any conclusion.
“At this point I’m concerned that all the information is not out, ” he said. “The story as it is being woven right now is not one that makes people happy. I want to see all the facts.”
Ever heard of due diligence, Mr. Brown? Maybe getting all the facts would be easier it the Board hadn’t let their CEO, Paul Weinhold, go to the DOJ to get a special exemption from Oregon’s public records law last year. Or did Weinhold hide that from you too?
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