Temple prez has 'no plans' to end football program

Incoming Temple President John Fry said that the school's football program “doesn’t have anything to worry about” its future after he takes over. Fry said Temple “has a really proud football tradition” and he has “no preconceived notions and no plans to end the football program.” Eight years ago, when Fry was president at Drexel, he was “critical of college football programs in a piece he penned for the Wall Street Journal.” But now, Fry said that he considers Temple football “a major gateway” to the university and he “wants to learn more about the sports program at Temple” (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 7/3).