Minnesota Inserts Toughened Morals Language in New Athletic Director’s Contract: Understandable but Effective?
By Robert Boland, Esq.
Director, Master of Sports Administration and MBA/MSA Programs
Ohio University
Principal of Boland Sports Practice, LLC
The University of Minnesota’s contract with recently hired athletic director Mark Coyle is reported to contain toughened and specific morality-based termination language allowing the university to discipline or terminate him in the event he consumes drugs, alcohol or other substances or engages in an act of dishonesty that materially affects his