<p>[Derek</a> Dooley Statement on July 9 Incident University of Tennessee Athletics](<a href=“http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/070910aaa.html]Derek”>http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/070910aaa.html)
^here is a link to Dooley’s statement</p>
<p>His words:</p>
<p>“As I have referenced on many occasions, a change in culture is achieved in time through a combination of education, discipline and support. We will aggressively continue to build on the many positive changes that have occurred over the last five months to ensure our program is represented with class and dignity.”</p>
<p>From the transcript:</p>
<p>“What I will say is that there’s been a lot of positive things happen in our program in the last few months and a lot of positive changes in our culture internally with some of our players, with our team, and we’re not going to let this incident ruin the positive changes that are happening. We’re going to continue to build our structures so that we educate, we discipline, we support our players and at the end of the day we’re going to have a culture here that’s not just going to win but our fans will be proud of how we represent them.”</p>
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<p>Even the coach’s own words imply that there is indeed a culture within college athletics that needs to be changed. He admits this and is trying to make headway in making changes. As long as he has the administration backing him, he will be able to turn the environment/culture around.</p>