"Corrigan completes report, finds lack of focus and finances"
By JENNIFER GILLAN | Aug. 31, 2005Focus and funding were the main points of former NCAA president Gene Corrigan's extensive report on the University at Buffalo Athletics Department, released June 1.Corrigan, who was hired in December by UB President John Simpson, stated in his report, "If UB, as an institution at the highest levels in higher education, wants to play at the highest grade of athletic competition, the Mid-American Conference is the right place to be."However, Corrigan questioned the path on which the program is going."Staying on the present course will not lead to any real improvement in the program," said the report.In Simpson's eyes, there is no doubt where Buffalo belongs."I want to state very clearly: UB is firmly committed to Division I-A football, and we are equally committed to building a winning program in the Mid-American Conference," said Simpson in a press release.
