Emmert stepping down

[OUTATIME]

Gotta wonder who would take that job in a year.

Dan Gavitt?

 

[aburks41]

He's the worst but I don't see what the NCAA could do. This is what you wanted and it's awful for college sports.

What they could do is put a program NIL salary cap for postseason eligibility. The NCAA still controls the postseason tournament. You have a team of players over the cap? You’re not eligible because you are a glorified pro team. It’s a pretty “simple” fix

This way teams like UK and Duke can buy up players all they want and keep feeding them to the NBA, but they won’t be eligible for postseason play. Win win for everyone lol

 

[HooperScooper]

What they could do is put a program NIL salary cap for postseason eligibility. The NCAA still controls the postseason tournament. You have a team of players over the cap? You’re not eligible because you are a glorified pro team. It’s a pretty “simple” fix

This way teams like UK and Duke can buy up players all they want and keep feeding them to the NBA, but they won’t be eligible for postseason play. Win win for everyone lol

Programs would easily just circumvent the reporting of the amount of NIL. Just like everyone cheated when payments were illegal.

 

[superjohn]

Programs would easily just circumvent the reporting of the amount of NIL. Just like everyone cheated when payments were illegal.

I also don't think they could do it legally the way things are now.

 

[UconnU]

Programs would easily just circumvent the reporting of the amount of NIL. Just like everyone cheated when payments were illegal.

How do coaches even have that conversation like “Listen kid we have a booster who owns Ford dealerships who’s willing to give you a million dollar ad contract if you sign.” They have to feel dirty. The sport was meant to be like the best basketball players from the student body lol.

 

[Get a Job]

Programs would easily just circumvent the reporting of the amount of NIL. Just like everyone cheated when payments were illegal.

My gut reaction is to agree with this. I haven't thought deeply about it, and I'm probably not informed or creative enough to do so anyway, but I can't see a way to define and enforce a cap. It's just way too big of a mess.

 

[Travelman6]

He should have been relieved of his duties long before he had the chance to step down. But whatever, I'll take it. Screw that guy!

 

[aburks41]

Programs would easily just circumvent the reporting of the amount of NIL. Just like everyone cheated when payments were illegal.

The NCAA still has control over programs though. They can likely require schools to disclose NIL payments and then if they find guys being paid under the table (like they have been for decades) the NCAA can investigate. They have to try something to keep it under control

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Best news of the day:

Great news but Emmert's announcement represents a paradox:

How can you step down when you've never stepped up?

 

[Husky Alien]

Lost in space

 

[AdamaNation]

Huge bag of scum but he's getting out at the perfect time, college sports are shot.

Exactly. What is the real issue about to Emmer-ge?

 

[uconndogs]

How do coaches even have that conversation like “Listen kid we have a booster who owns Ford dealerships who’s willing to give you a million dollar ad contract if you sign.” They have to feel dirty. The sport was meant to be like the best basketball players from the student body lol.

You're kidding, right? I think most would through in a prostitute as well just to make sure.

 

[auror]

The NCAA still has control over programs though. They can likely require schools to disclose NIL payments and then if they find guys being paid under the table (like they have been for decades) the NCAA can investigate. They have to try something to keep it under control

The schools don't make the NIL payments, the 3rd parties/collectives do. Good luck getting a player to disclose their bank statements.

 

[August_West]

He shot it lol. NIL is a mess because they made 0 concrete rules because they were under the gun due to lawsuits and just said e-f-f it.

Well it sounds like there is a place for him on the Baltimore police force then.

 

[Rico444]

The NCAA still has control over programs though. They can likely require schools to disclose NIL payments and then if they find guys being paid under the table (like they have been for decades) the NCAA can investigate. They have to try something to keep it under control

Why is this the tipping point, but the conferences making millions off of TV money was never an issue? Look at how much the SEC rakes in from ESPN and CBS. Why did nobody ever bat an eye when those figures came out, just when the athletes started getting their cut?

 

[BRS24]

Oof. Some razor sharp criticisms in this article:

It's time to rethink the role of NCAA president, who is qualified to lead it

Mark Emmert and other former university presidents have failed. It's time to think outside the box for his replacement.

theathletic.com

"It is easy to retread over the inefficient, borderline feckless, tenure of Mark Emmert."

"So let’s just agree to agree that Emmert was not good at being the NCAA president, that he turned a puppet position into a vainglorious attempt to blow smoke up his own posterior rather than consider the greater good; that he never understood that his job was to represent the masses and not himself; and that given the rare opportunity to serve as the talking head he usually bungled that, too."

"So let’s not waste too much time here burying Emmert alongside his puffery."

 

[CL82]

Does the NCAA matter anymore, and does it matter who is its president? He’s jumping a sinking ship, as rats often do.

Hey he is an astonishing example of the Peter principle, except that he always finds a new level to be incompetent at. He has left a smoldering pile of behind pretty much everywhere he’s ever worked, including the University of Connecticut.

The headline for his departure should read something like:

Having seen that his incompetence had utterly eviscerated the NCAA as a governing body, Emmert decides to resign.

 

[superjohn]

Hey he is an astonishing example of the Peter principle, except that he always finds a new level to be incompetent at. He has left a smoldering pile of behind pretty much everywhere he’s ever worked, including the University of Connecticut.

The headline for his departure should read something like:

Having seen that his incompetence had utterly eviscerated the NCAA as a governing body, Emmert decides to resign.

He'll probably make even more money in DC now, his ability to fail up is amazing and is rewarded in that town.

 

[RichZ]

The NCAA still has control over programs though. They can likely require schools to disclose NIL payments and then if they find guys being paid under the table (like they have been for decades) the NCAA can investigate. They have to try something to keep it under control

I'm hoping you meant the last line to say something along the lines of "They have to try something to foster the perception that they have it under control."

 

[olehead]

Best news of the day:

By f'in far!!!!!

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Emmett's time here was the definitive example of a government/bureaucratic employee failing while being clueless that it was a fail.

He was tasked with providing oversight to the spending on UConn 2000 and through his neglect, hundreds of thousands of dollars (for each of a few different projects) was wasted/lost/pilfered. When the state government questioned what was happening he took offense to the idea that he should have been held accountable.

That is the crux of his resentment of the school.

 

[olehead]

Oof. Some razor sharp criticisms in this article:

It's time to rethink the role of NCAA president, who is qualified to lead it

Mark Emmert and other former university presidents have failed. It's time to think outside the box for his replacement.

theathletic.com

"It is easy to retread over the inefficient, borderline feckless, tenure of Mark Emmert."

"So let’s just agree to agree that Emmert was not good at being the NCAA president, that he turned a puppet position into a vainglorious attempt to blow smoke up his own posterior rather than consider the greater good; that he never understood that his job was to represent the masses and not himself; and that given the rare opportunity to serve as the talking head he usually bungled that, too."

"So let’s not waste too much time here burying Emmert alongside his puffery."

Love the Shabazz reference in the O'Neil article following the win over Kentucky when he made the comment on the dais about going to bed hungry. O-Neil pointed to Napier's comment along with the O'Bannon suit and other factors as contributors toward NIL.

 

[Chief00]

Mark Emmett has no redeeming qualities.

 

[Mazhude]

Don’t misinterpret Mark Emmert’s failure. The NCAA can be saved.

"The job of NCAA president is not nearly as tough as Mark Emmert made it look, with his powdered wig arrogance and dull ducal lethargy. Emmert’s NCAA was a stagnant moated castle at a time of accelerating change, but the worst part of his legacy is the cynical loathing he bred for the institution. Emmert made the organization’s leaders seem like cake-eaters incapable of fixing their own tumbled walls while the mob gathered with torches..."

 

[uconnbill]

Best news of the day:

Sadly not soon enough he shouldn't done this ten years ago