Saturday, February 23

Chronicle: Should the NCAA's Emmert Step Down?

NCAA didn't interview Miami's AD.  They didn't interview PSU's AD, Tim Curley, either.


Should the NCAA President Step Down?

February 20, 2013, 10:56 pm
Calls for Mark Emmert’s resignation have grown louder in the past 48 hours, following the release of a report that sharply criticized the association’s investigation of the University of Miami.
On Tuesday the NCAA delivered its long-awaited notice of allegations against the Hurricanes, charging the university with a lack of institutional control for reportedly allowing Nevin Shapiro, a longtime booster and convicted Ponzi-scheme operator, to run wild over its program.
Remarkably, some critics argue, the NCAA failed to interview Paul Dee, Miami’s former athletic director, before issuing the charges. Mr. Dee, who was the university’s general counsel before taking over as AD, died last May, nine months after the NCAA began its official investigation.
Until recently, Donna Shalala, Miami’s president, had been silent on the accusations, which include Mr. Shapiro’s paying tens of thousands of dollars to dozens of Miami football and basketball players, and entertaining them on his private yacht.
But in a statement on Tuesday night, she argued that many of the allegations were unsubstantiated. And she took a swing at the NCAA for failing to speak with Mr. Dee, whom the program reportedly offered up.
“How could a supposedly thorough and fair investigation not even include the director of athletics?” she said.


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8 comments:

  1. That's just par for the course of Mark Emmert and his ncaa.

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  2. Am I really reading that the NCAA is running amuck? They have never shown me any type of leadership in the last 20 years. With the saleries that the major schools are paying to coaches it is no wonder that many situatons are never brought up for review. The easiest way for them to deal with their lack of control is fire someone. Emmert is by far one of the worst characters in college athletics and has done nothing to change his image from before the PSU debacule.

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    1. More schools and conferences need to voice their displeasure about the uneven treatment of member schools. How was it that UNC didn't get penalized for the phony classes? Oh, because non-athletes could enroll and get credit meant that it wasn't just a benefit to athletes - so that didn't break the rules? Staying eligible by taking phony classes is not a violation? Surely, you jest, Mr. Emmert.

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  3. What's the backstory around Mark Sherburne? He held the PSU AD position for 10 days following Curley's step-aside and preceding Joyner's appointment, I believe. Who is Sherburne talking to?

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    1. Good question. PSU would not comment on his dismissal. I've heard varying accounts of what was behind it, but nothing has been confirmed. You're right - it would be nice to hear from Sherburne.

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  4. An embarrassing editorial for Lehigh Valley. Note what they ID as the core issue with the Sandusky scandal.

    http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/02/editorial_new_paterno_report_d.html

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  5. I read it and was about to cancel my subscription. Unfortunately the Express Times is related to the Patriot. Both are liberal and lean to the left. Penn Stater's haters (somewhat like ESPN - full of Syracuse people) all over the place. You can rest assure the writer did not read either report. If so, he is a mental midget.

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  6. Correction, not that the Express Times is loaded with Syracuse people, it just happens there are a lot of Penn State haters in the ESPN organization and they have an agenda.

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