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Notre Dame alum Hornung regrets saying it needs to lower standards to 'get the Black athlete'.(Sports)
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April 19, 2004
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During a recent radio interview in Detroit, former Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung said his alma mater, Notre Dame, needed to lower its academic standards to "get the Black athlete."
"We can't stay as strict as we are as far as the academic structure is concerned because we we've got to get the Black athlete," said Hornung, who played for the Green Bay Packers. "We must get the Black athlete if we're going to compete."
Notre Dame's football team went 5-7 last season and has had three losing seasons in the last five years, the only time in school ...
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