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Article: On TSU and Nolan Richardson III: What's the Agenda?
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- The Tennessee Tribune
- Article date:
- January 22, 2003
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Tennessee TRIBUNE, The
01-22-2003
We note with utter amazement, as does most of the public, that a men's
basketball coach, Nolan Richardson III, sought to settle his anger by
bringing a weapon on the campus of Tennessee State University (TSU). No one
in their "right mind" would have thought this line of action was possible
from a mature basketball coach--a leader of men and example for our youth.
This was a local and national embarrassment for TSU and Nashville that will
take a while to live down.
Tennessee State University took appropriate action by initiating
termination proceedings. Before those proceedings began, Mr. Richardson
spared the community this debacle by resigning. TSU must now clean ...