Souhan’s commentary was so bad that we just don’t know where to begin. It was ill-informed; it was chock full of unsupported assertions; it was dishonorable, and it was just plain nasty. In sum, Souhan made an unreasonable and biased judgment about the impact of Jerry Kill’s disability. This bias is deeply troubling, as it encourages misconceptions about epilepsy and demoralizes people with the disease.
U of M officials Eric P. Schwartz (dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs), John R. Finnegan (dean of the School of Public Health) and Katrice Albert (Vice President for Equity and Diversity) responding to Star Tribune sports columnist Jim Souhan’s Sunday piece calling for the sacking of Gophers head football coach Jerry Kill due to his epilepsy.
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