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Subject: Yale Athletic Administrators Scandal Author: Penn Nation [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 18:20:56 04/09/26 Thu Yale athletics allegedly pushed administrator to retire to open a job for deputy’s alleged romantic partner. https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/sports/yale-athletics-allegedly-pushed-administrator-to-retire-to-open-a-job-for-deputys-alleged-romantic-partner/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Yale Athletic Administrators Scandal Author: M3 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:36:16 04/09/26 Thu Salacious but not the crime of the century [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Yale Athletic Administrators Scandal Author: Ivy ivy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:21:56 04/09/26 Thu It’s all nonsense from people who didn’t like Chun, so they’re piling on from afar. Very mature… [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Yale Athletic Administrators Scandal Author: joiseyfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:22:12 04/09/26 Thu while the entire article has the flavor of throwing everything against the wall to see what might stick, in practice Yale either has policies that apply or they don’t. Athough it’s hard to see any way this affects the departmet positivey. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Yale Athletic Administrators Scandal Author: Old Blue [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:25:47 04/10/26 Fri Gentlemen; coach Alain who was generally well respected less than complementary analysis of Ms. Chun’s performance and back by several coaches was apparently sent back in October 2025. You may wonder what happened afterwards. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Yale Athletic Administrators Scandal Author: Ivy ivy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:14:59 04/10/26 Fri Funny how it was sent in October but not “leaked” until many months later… [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Perhaps Not The Sign of A High-Functioning Organization Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:22:22 04/10/26 Fri I agree with M3 that this is hardly the crime of the century, but at the same time, it *COULD* be a reflection of how Vicky Chun runs the department and, if true, that has ominous implications for the long-term performance of Yale athletics. Most of us who have worked for large corporations have seen what happens when senior management bends the rules or plays favorites within the organization. First, morale declines, then the best people leave because they have the highest standards and the most options. Eventually, you're left with the people who don't give a damn or don't have better options and that's how organizations start down the long slippery slope. Unless your corporation has some proprietary IP or some tangible business moat, its long-term outperformance is a function of the quality of its people. In the Ivy League, HYP have an intangible advantage in their brand names and a tangible advantage in their endowments, but I would argue that these are not sufficient to overcome an inability to retain top performers in the form of coaches and administrators. I'll refer back to the numbers I posted a few months ago: 2024-25 Ivy League championships won ------------------------------------------ Yale. . . . . . . 2 Harvard . . . . 5 Princeton . 17 I don't know whether these figures keep Vicky Chun up at night, but if they do, she had better be pretty confident that she is doing everything she can to attract and retain the best people in her department. (The Ivy League office used to compile these numbers annually to display on the conference website. They've stopped doing it, I suspect because Princeton's outperformance is getting troubling to the league.) I agree with Old Blue that Coach Alain was very well regarded. I would be surprised if he would "take a shot" at his former boss unless he felt strongly that something was amiss. I'll be looking more intently for additional tea leaves, as I'm sure other Ivy fans will, too. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Perhaps Not The Sign of A High-Functioning Organization Author: joiseyfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:46:01 04/10/26 Fri AO’s surmise that the league is not recently tabulating total championships by school because of Princeton’s success never occurred to young, naive moi. Of course, given that out-of-date totals are still posted https://ivyleague.com/sports/2018/7/16/HISTORY_0716182714.aspx it might also mean they’re just three full years behind, which given the abysmal website is in the realm of the possible. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Yale Athletic Administrators Scandal Author: Son of Eli [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:28:32 04/21/26 Tue The allegations portray a classic case of a toxic work environment and a group think atmosphere. https://yaledailynews.com/articles/nearing-contract-s-end-chun-comes-under-fire-for-leadership-style [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Corrosive Leadership Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:40:45 04/21/26 Tue I don't mean to pile on here, because I have zero first hand knowledge inside the Yale athletics administration. But having worked for professional services firms and been exposed to both them and their client organizations spanning the continuum from world class to poor, I say with confidence that there are no world class companies without world class leadership. You can't build a winning organization with incompetence at the top. Sometimes, an organization can be high functioning with good leadership when the latter gets replaced by a less capable new team. The organization can keep running well for a while because organizations have momentum and inertia. The flywheel can keep spinning smoothly for a while. But eventually, incompetence at the top flows downhill. The best people at the next level down will only tolerate working for poor managers for so long. The best people have the highest standards and the most options; they leave. That starts the exodus because their subordinates, whom the second level managers protected from senior leadership, then want to leave, too. It doesn't matter if you are an athletic department or the federal government. Incompetence at the top is irresistibly corrosive. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Corrosive Leadership Author: Ivy ivy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:53:13 04/21/26 Tue Chun came in 8 years ago, and things seem to be doing pretty well still. Basketball and football thriving, multiple Ivy titles and near titles for many other sports. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Corrosive Leadership Author: observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:27:51 04/21/26 Tue Given the resource and facilities advantages that HYP have over the "dwarves", the comparisons shouldn't be to the league, but only HP. Where does Eli rank in terms of overall success compared to the Johns and Ol' Nassau? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Corrosive Leadership Author: Ivy wanna be [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:41:42 04/21/26 Tue Time to cast her adrift, along with her Colgate Cronies. Still no 10th game scheduled for the upcoming season. She is so unapproachable and won’t engage in a conversation. Let alone one question. Definitely not like Tom Beckett, who was just the opposite. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Corrosive Leadership Author: Ivy ivy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:30:50 04/22/26 Wed 10th game has nothing to do with her. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Corrosive Leadership Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:28:46 04/22/26 Wed Then who is responsible for Yale getting the 10th game? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Yale Athletic Administrators Scandal Author: CT Toad [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:45:07 04/22/26 Wed I’ve got a lot of respect for Tom Beckett, and for most of his tenure he did a good job. But toward the last five years or so, it felt like things had gotten stale. I think Vicky has done a strong job of re-energizing a lot of the alumni base. Have all of her early moves been popular? No. But that usually comes with any leadership transition, whether in sports or business. New leaders usually bring in people who understand their style and can help execute the vision. And if you look at the results, there’s real progress. The facility upgrades alone are obvious. Player facilities are much closer to legitimate D1 standards now than they were before. Across the major sports, Yale is in a much better place than people are giving her credit for. Football has been strong. Men’s and women’s lacrosse have been strong. Women’s hockey has had a real turnaround. You’ve heard similar things from coaches in programs like baseball and volleyball too. For a long time, one of the Ivies’ biggest issues has been this mindset of “we’ve always done it this way.” That holds programs back. From what I’ve seen and heard, Vicky has been much more action-oriented and willing to push things forward. That matters, and it’s a big reason a lot of programs are in a better spot now. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Stale? Author: Son of Eli [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:32:48 04/22/26 Wed Last five years of Beckett: 2013 Men Hockey National Championships 2014 Yale Football hosts and beats FBS Army 2016 Men’s Basketball Ivy Championship 2017 Men’s Basketball I’ve Championship and NCAA Tournament win over Baylor 2017 Unshared Ivy League Football Championship 2017 Ivy League Baseball Championship and trip to NCAA Regionals 2018 Men’s Lacrosse National Championship I agree that Vicki Chun has excelled with facilities. But in terms of performance she is largely living off the momentum she inherited. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Stale? Author: CT Toad [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:43:08 04/22/26 Wed Some of this success was despite Beckett. Again, he was a great man and leader, but towards the end of his tenure there was a lot of friction in place that made it difficult for the coaches and their staffs to maneuver. The locker room upgrades, turf in the Yale Bowl, the new uniforms, all of these modern adjustments to Yale football: none of them could have happened under Beckett. All were attempted, but none were approved. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Stale? Author: Son of Eli [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:16:10 04/22/26 Wed Not to quibble, but the Under Armour deal started under Beckett. Regardless, the issue is the alleged toxic atmosphere from her management style, not championships, facilities or uniforms. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Stale? Author: Ivy ivy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:18:26 04/22/26 Wed It seems odd that there is so much success despite this “toxic atmosphere”. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Let’s give the credit to the Coaches, staff and players Author: Ivy wanna be [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:03:03 04/23/26 Thu Instead of a toxic AD, [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Toad what you smokin Author: Ivy wanna be [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:41:20 04/22/26 Wed Like there’s no friction now.?!!Tom retired in June of 2019, The turf was installed for that season. Upgrades to majority of facilities were already earmarked. As far as scheduling Ivy Ivy, Tom Beckett had some marquee games . Cal Poly in 2013 Army in 2014 which was painstakingly done by Mr. Beckett. Richmond in 2018 Mercer had a 4 game series , but recanted to just 1 so Yale could play UConn at the rent. I wanted to go to Macon to go to the Allman Brothers Museum. Vicky , is skating on mediocrity and instead of Sacred Heart, CCSU, Stonehill. Start to do what needs to be done. Get some quality opponents. Also a family of 4 $20 to park tickets $50 $ food and drink $40 they aren’t coming. They can’t afford it. Bring back 10 year old free admission. This is where you build future Yale Fan base. How about $5.00 for parking. That God forsaken no return policy. Maybe you’ll get more than 1,500 people to come to a Yale Football game. I know every other year 50,000. You’re not marketing properly. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Latest Story Author: Son of Eli [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:19:00 04/22/26 Wed “Eight of 12 former anonymous coaches and staffers interviewed agreed with Allain that Vicky Chun has created a ‘culture of fear’”. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/former-yale-coaches-speak-athletic-director-student-newspaper.amp [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Latest Story Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:00:17 04/22/26 Wed Again, I have no personal experience with AD Chun, but this deluge of leaks/plants to media outlets both local and national is pretty remarkable. Somebody somewhere has it out for her and is firing a round from every chamber in their gun: Yale Daily News, New York Post, Fox News. That's a pretty unusual portfolio of people to ganging up on a medium level university administrator. This reminds me of the first few months of the first administration of the current president. The access to top members of the executive branch made it clear that reporters from NBC and the New York Times were speaking directly to Cabinet-level officials. These were the only people who could have been the source of the leaks, given the information disclosed. I wrote an editorial to that effect which was picked up by a national newswire. My advice to AD Chun would come right out of a 1970's horror film: "The calls are coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE." [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Latest Story Author: Son of Eli [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:59:58 04/22/26 Wed Where there’s smoke there’s fire. Yale’s house is in fire. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Latest Story Author: L et V [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:11:23 04/23/26 Thu When someone of Keith Allain's stature and probity writes as he has written, it's a given that the situation is as he portrayed it and must be changed before it deteriorates further, as it surely will. Yale needs and deserves an AD who "gets it" about Yale. The five year extension received by the incumbent was doled out by someone who never met a problem he couldn't dodge by fobbing it off on a committee hand-picked to deliver the decision he couldn't bring himself to make. By all means, poll the relevant constituencies and listen, listen, listen. It will immediately become clear that change is long overdue. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Latest Story Author: Ivy ivy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:23:40 04/23/26 Thu So why didn't Coach Allain say anything leading up to his retirement about how unhappy he was with the administration? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Why Coach Allain may have delayed his complaints against the AD Author: IvySportsJunkie [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:32:13 04/23/26 Thu On August 8, 2025, Yale Coach Keith Allain ’80 seemed to have taken the proper path related to his own retirement by not having his complaints against the Yale Athletic Director be the focus of the transition of the next head coach for the Yale Men’s Ice Hockey Team. Instead, he allowed the attention to be focused on Joe Howe, his Yale Assistant Coach, who was promoted to become the Yale Interim Head Coach for the 2025-2026 ice hockey season. After wisely waiting a few months to allow his colleague time to fully take over his former ice hockey team, Coach Allain elected on October 2, 2025 to state his case to the Yale University President Maurie McInnis when outlined his numerous complaints against the Yale Athletic Director Vicky Chun. This included his description of Chun as “dishonest, self-centered and inaccessible” and as “the absolute worst leader I have ever been around in my life.” I am guessing the Yale AD Vicky Chun will have the same chances of keeping her senior management position being renewed as did Nico Harrison when he formerly was the Dallas Mavericks' general manager. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Why did Allain retire in August? Author: Bengal [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:00:51 04/24/26 Fri This is not a typical time to step away as HC. I hope it wasn’t health related. If I remember this correctly, Bagnoli got a medical report that led him to retire close to the start of the academic year. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Is Yale trying to sweep this under the Rug, Regarding Chun Author: Ivy wanna be [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:33:34 04/25/26 Sat Is Yale hoping that this Toxic situation, blow over without anyone noticing. On what is actually happening in the Athletic Department. Yale has less than 5 months left till the start of the season. Who will Yale get for its 10th game. What about the change of starting the season sooner. To allow for 11 games let alone 12 . Why is the Ivy League always a step behind everyone else. It used to be that Ivy League were leaders. Instead of being a bunch of followers. Is it going to take another 30 years to , take care of this situation to do it correctly. I called up the Yale ticket office to see how much tickets would cost. For the Women’s Lacrosse ILT . Starting on Friday. I got answer of . We don’t KNOW.!! Yale Athletic Department knew last weekend that it was going to be holding The Tournament. Yet they haven’t thought about people who maybe traveling to come to this event. Sounds like Chun, and her Colgate crew . Don’t know what they’re doing. Sounds like the Yale Athletic Department is skating by, doing the bare minimum. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Big surprise The Yale Football Blog is shut down Author: Ivy wanna be [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:35:00 04/25/26 Sat This Yale Football Blog is so disappointing. It probably doesn’t want to deal with its own shortcomings and bad press. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Is Yale trying to sweep this under the Rug, Regarding Chun Author: Ivy ivy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:38:12 04/26/26 Sun That’s an Ivy office issue, not Yale. You’re trying too hard. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Ivy Ivy, Yes and No The schools, Presidents, AD’s have to coalesce Author: Ivy wanna be [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:52:40 04/26/26 Sun It’s not just Harris , Murphy. It’s collaborative effort by all. They should get this matter done quickly. Ivy Ivy ,I haven’t heard of you before ,are Vicky Chun’s mole. ? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Is Yale trying to sweep this under the Rug, Regarding Chun Author: Observer15 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:44:02 04/26/26 Sun Ivy wanna be -you are mixing up everything. The current Chun issue has nothing to do with 11 games or starting the season earlier. What are you smoking? That's the Ivy league presidents. I doubt Harris could do anything about it either. Knowing these presidents, and their history, and what they have been saying, they are not movable. You want action? Direct your complaining to the trustees as some have tried. I will bet the farm the ADs all of them are as frustrated as you and have made their desires clear. They just are not running the place. As to the Yale tenth game, no idea on that one. Rough time about the old coach, brand new coach recently, who knows, may have had an impact. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Observer15 , I stated that the President’s are part of it, Author: Ivy wanna be [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:17:57 04/27/26 Mon As well as the AD’s , Chun is responsible to negotiate scheduling of opponents for YALE football. You don’t think that thePresident’s, don’t need guidance by the AD’s in assisting the President’s in these matters.? I use this format , mostly out of frustration. I am so pissed that this league sits on their hands. Waiting for someone else to do what needs to be done. I have sent emails to Robin Harris, Murphy , who has something to with Football scheduling down in Princeton. That was back in January. So thank you , for responding. I’ll try again, [ Post a Reply to This Message ]