Michigan’s largest donor, Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, spoke last week with the university’s president about the fate of athletic director
David Brandon, Ross said Monday.
Ross was one of Brandon’s most ardent supporters in the days after Brandon came under fire for an incident involving quarterback Shane Morris, who was allowed to play in the Sept. 27 Minnesota loss after suffering what the school later called a probable, mild concussion.
Last month, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Ross said that Brandon is “as qualified to be an athletic director as anyone could be” and should remain at the university.
On Monday, Ross said that he still thinks Brandon can do the job. But he also has promised school president Mark Schlissel that he won’t interfere or oppose a decision to fire Brandon.
“I don’t think alumni should control universities,” Ross said. “We have a great president and he is running the university and not me.”