Washington Athletics Director Questions Oregon Academics

Many times it falls to faculty members to question to relative support universities provide to athletics as opposed to academics. And faculty members at the University of Oregon have raised such questions. But over the weekend, the athletics director of the University of Washington raised those questions -- about Oregon. On a pregame radio show, Scott Woodward, the Washington athletics director, said that Oregon has become "an embarrassment" as an academic institution as its athletic success has come at the expense of academics, the Associated Press reported. On Monday, he apologized, saying that he respects Oregon and that it is "a great example of the struggles which can accompany a university when state funding decreases."