OT: Emmert to resign, with usual NCAA alacrity

[Sifaka]

“In April 2021, the NCAA announced that Emmert had received a contract extension through 2025, about a month after DeGioia gave him a vote of confidence in the wake of heavy public criticism toward the NCAA about inequities during the men's and women's Division I basketball tournaments.”

So now he will take over a year to vacate his office. What amazing efficiency!

Emmert to step down as NCAA president by '23

Mark Emmert will step down as president of the NCAA, Board of Governors chair John J. DeGioia said Tuesday, adding that Emmert will continue in his role until a replacement is selected and in place or until June 30, 2023.

www.espn.com

 

[uconnfan68]

Good riddance.

 

[MTHusky]

Good riddance.

Just 12 years too late.

 

[HopJim]

I am more concerned with the chaos created by the new transfer and NIH rules. Two good ideas implemented poorly.

 

[oldude]

Whatever you think about Mark Emmert, it was a good time for him to go. During his time heading up the NCAA he’s lost control of college football to the P5 and he ultimately abdicated any responsibility to manage NIL, leaving the conferences and states to create a hodgepodge of different rules to manage an unwieldy process.

Whoever Emmert’s successor will be, they will undoubtedly have less power than he had, and hopefully get paid less. Maybe that’s a good thing.

 

[Sifaka]

Guess we aren't the only ones who don't love Markie.

Headlines from around the nation include…

L.A. Times - “Here is why Mark Emmert will be remembered as the guy who tanked the NCAA”

Commentary: Here is why Mark Emmert will be remembered as the guy who tanked the NCAA

Mark Emmert is stepping down as NCAA president, ending a tenure best defined by defiant inertia as the organization fought inevitable change.

www.latimes.com

Yahoo Sports -

Mark Emmert's 12-year legacy at NCAA: A well-paid president who couldn't lead during a time of drastic change​

Mark Emmert's 12-year legacy at NCAA: A well-paid president who couldn't lead during a time of drastic change

He will finish his term with almost no support or respect from major athletic directors or many conference officials. Most have tried to run things without him.

sports.yahoo.com

CBS Sports -

Mark Emmert's ouster was long overdue with NCAA's relevance eroding, president's power fading​

Mark Emmert's ouster was long overdue with NCAA's relevance eroding, president's power fading

USA Today -

Mark Emmert was a failed NCAA president.​

Mark Emmert was a failed NCAA president. But removing him won't solve college sports' problems alone | Opinion

Mark Emmert leaves a job that few qualified people will want and an NCAA that has lost credibility with its members, Congress and the general public.

www.usatoday.com

 

[augustaTC]

How this guy kept getting jobs is beyond me. Nobody should be surprised as he's been a sleazy, do-nothing, empty suit forever.

 

[BRS24]

Posted this on MBB board:

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."

 

[JordyG]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

 

[huskeynut]

Hey Mark - don't let the door hit you in the a#@ on the way out.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Guess we aren't the only ones who don't love Markie.

Universally despised, as far as I could tell.

 

[MSGRET]

Thank the heavens this guy doesn't get to help in the negotiations of the next NCAA Women's Basketball March Madness television contract. He'd mess it up like the NCAA did when included them in an automatic extension to the combined championship instead of removing it and have everyone bid on it separately.