We have taken steps to develop closer ties with the educational campus. We've offered faculty a chance to be a coach or athletic director for a day. Provost Nancy Cantor is working with faculty to create a summer bridge program for incoming freshmen who need a transitional period to adjust to the rigors of college. And we are developing a distance-learning program, again with the provost's support, for athletes who left early to pursue a professional career and want to complete their degrees. We're concerned about graduation rates as well.
Sportsmanship also is a concern.
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany recently reported on a nationwide trend of greater unsportsmanlike behavior, particularly in football. In the Big Ten, we have seen a 20 percent increase in personal fouls in the last two years. Finally, Martin talked about what makes Michigan, Michigan. Michigan is also about tradition. Fritz Crisler said that tradition is not something you can go down to the corner grocer to buy.