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Under Emmert, NCAA has sunk deeper, lost even more credibilty - Paul Finebaum - SI.com
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Mark Emmert has not even reached his anniversary in his job as president of the NCAA, but his tenure already resembles the voyage of the Titanic. In fairness, Emmert inherited a pigsty that has grown increasingly worse on his watch. He has attempted Glasnost -- a change from former leaders. Still, for Emmert's sake, it's a good thing he's only president of the NCAA. If he were in charge of a Fortune 500 company, the company's stock would be plummeting and Emmert would be on his way to the unemployment line.
Like most self-righteous academicians, Emmert has an answer for every problem.
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Of all of Emmert's recent missteps, perhaps, the most comical concerned Danny Sheridan, the sports analyst from USA Today. Sheridan created a stir recently saying he knew the name of the alleged "bagman'' who the NCAA suspects gave the money to Cecil Newton in order to get his son to Auburn. Emmert was asked specifically about Sheridan's claim on a radio interview and he signaled his organization would be interested in talking to Sheridan. The next day, an NCAA investigator contacted Sheridan through his attorney and the game was on, culminating in a one-hour conversation on Aug. 24. Before Sheridan hung up the phone with two NCAA officials, the two sides had agreed to keep the contents of the discussion quiet.
Sheridan refused to discuss the details two days later in an appearance on ESPN's Outside the Lines (full disclosure: I was also a guest). However, upon dogged questioning by host Bob Ley as to whether his sources are at the NCAA, Sheridan said yes. No revelation there as Sheridan had already publicly stated countless times before, but it apparently pushed Emmert to the edge.
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