Dj Durkin Disaster Reminds Maryland That Big Ten Is Too Big For It
When the chair of the school’s Board of Regents explained on Tuesday why football coach DJ Durkin got to keep his job despite the preventable heatstroke death of Jordan McNair, the magnitude of that Big Ten membership was cited as a reason. The support of some players and parents for Durkin was rooted in the need to compete at the level of the Big Ten. The institutional support Maryland provided Durkin was insufficient for a program in the Big Ten....