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Posted since I know we love to kill the guy. Jay Bilas is going to like this.
Report: NCAA's Mark Emmert stiffs former employer out of $49,000
The newspaper is reporting that, in 2006, Emmert -- then the president of his alma mater, the University of Washington -- signed a pledge to donate $100,000 toward a scholarship named "Students First." Emmert, who was named Washington's president in 2004, became president of the NCAA in April 2010. He has, apparently, since dodged his vow.
Via USA Today:
Records obtained by USA TODAY Sports show $51,000 of the $100,000 pledge was paid by January 2010, but the rest of the pledge went unpaid after Emmert left UW, his alma mater, to become president of the NCAA later that year. Another person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the pledge was only half-paid, leading the university to endow the scholarship at half its planned amount.
USA Today did thorough digging on the issue here, even finding evidence of a letter sent to Emmert three years ago, in April 2013. The note was sent by Washington's vice president, a reminder that he still had to pay up on his promise.
Report: NCAA's Mark Emmert stiffs former employer out of $49,000
The newspaper is reporting that, in 2006, Emmert -- then the president of his alma mater, the University of Washington -- signed a pledge to donate $100,000 toward a scholarship named "Students First." Emmert, who was named Washington's president in 2004, became president of the NCAA in April 2010. He has, apparently, since dodged his vow.
Via USA Today:
Records obtained by USA TODAY Sports show $51,000 of the $100,000 pledge was paid by January 2010, but the rest of the pledge went unpaid after Emmert left UW, his alma mater, to become president of the NCAA later that year. Another person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the pledge was only half-paid, leading the university to endow the scholarship at half its planned amount.
USA Today did thorough digging on the issue here, even finding evidence of a letter sent to Emmert three years ago, in April 2013. The note was sent by Washington's vice president, a reminder that he still had to pay up on his promise.
