Political outrage erupted Tuesday after the University of Maryland’s governing board announced that school president Wallace Loh would retire while the football coach and athletic director were keeping their jobs in the fallout from an investigation into the death of player Jordan McNair.
Elected officials in Washington and Prince George’s County expressed disbelief that Loh was the one official to leave in the wake of McNair’s death.
Some accused the university’s Board of Regents of putting athletics above academics — a criticism that board chairman James Brady said was “absolutely untrue.