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A Warning, a Crusade, and a Public Reckoning at the U. of Florida
The thousands of pages of records he obtained reveal numerous unflattering details about the University of Florida, including pornography purchases by a top administrator and improper spending on a new presidential house.
The continuing battle provides a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of one of the nation’s top public-research universities. It’s also a lesson in the disruption and damage that can occur when someone deeply connected to a university goes rogue.
Month after month, the university has been pummeled by negative headlines in The Gainesville Sun, just as Mr. Johnson promised. Is his crusade a form of accountability? Is it vengeance? Maybe it’s both.
When athletics programs are criticized for enabling athletes’ bad behavior, Florida is one of the places that gets mentioned. A 2015 investigation by ESPN found that 80 athletes at the university had been named as suspects over a five-year period, accounting for more than 100 crimes. More than half the time, the athletes never faced charges, had charges against them dropped, or were not prosecuted. College-aged males in Gainesville, meanwhile, enjoyed those same outcomes only about 28 percent of the time.
A Warning, a Crusade, and a Public Reckoning at the U. of Florida
The thousands of pages of records he obtained reveal numerous unflattering details about the University of Florida, including pornography purchases by a top administrator and improper spending on a new presidential house.
The continuing battle provides a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of one of the nation’s top public-research universities. It’s also a lesson in the disruption and damage that can occur when someone deeply connected to a university goes rogue.
Month after month, the university has been pummeled by negative headlines in The Gainesville Sun, just as Mr. Johnson promised. Is his crusade a form of accountability? Is it vengeance? Maybe it’s both.
When athletics programs are criticized for enabling athletes’ bad behavior, Florida is one of the places that gets mentioned. A 2015 investigation by ESPN found that 80 athletes at the university had been named as suspects over a five-year period, accounting for more than 100 crimes. More than half the time, the athletes never faced charges, had charges against them dropped, or were not prosecuted. College-aged males in Gainesville, meanwhile, enjoyed those same outcomes only about 28 percent of the time.
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