Fired Husky AD Todd Turner on College Sports: "It's a Frightening Time."

A friend emailed me earlier today that, in the wake of the Turner firing, he's withholding any contributions to Husky athletics for now, because he's worried the U-Dub's going to hire some, as he put it, "SEC-style" athletic director with a win at all costs mentality.

Looks like my friend isn't the only one worried.

In a final letter to his staff, Todd Turner says of college sports, "it's a frightening time." Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times obtained the letter, which he reprints in full on his blog. Turner turns nasty when he starts talking about--presumably--the Husky boosters who wanted Tyrone Willingham fired.

In recent days, I've seen a side of athletics that sickens me with the incessant interloping of uninformed, unenlightened, self-anointed experts who look upon intercollegiate athletics solely as entertainment to satisfy their own self interests.

Turner concludes by hoping that Washington can be the place where this trend is challenged--though it won't be on his watch.