They couldn't even get him to resign.
Did he control the budgets, personnel, curriculum of the different departments -- or just the football program??? He like any football coach ran the only program at the school that made a profit and paid for all the other sports programs. In that respect -- yes.
They couldn't even get him to resign.
If he was so powerful then how did President Spanier think he could force his resignation. He mustn't have thought he was that powerful if he tried to get him to resign.