NCAA President Mark Emmert: "There's a difference between not being prohibited and being OK"

Can anyone confirm if this Emmert dude even exists?  Look at the pic in the article.  That thing is made of wax. 

At some point the NCAA curtain is going to be pulled back and there will be Skankey pulling all sorts of levers and turning knobs trying to keep the facade alive.

What a heaping bunch of horse shit.  It is either within the rules or it is not within the rules.  This is not a complex rule with numerous potential interpretations. 

JH has found a way to confirm the belief of many of us fair-minded people that those "administering" college athletics are about as competent as the Iraqi fucking navy.

I played college golf at the division three level and it was far removed from the experience that D1 athletes have.  But we went on a spring break trip every year, as do many college golf teams.  We spent the entirety of our two week trip travelling.  We went from Jacksonville all the way up to Pinehurst and it was some of the best times I have had.  The hypocrisy of the NCAA in this situation is laughable because spring break trips exist at every level and coming from a former athlete, I loved every second of it.

He says he's concerned with the amount of time spent on athletics..but that's not even the issue. Harbaugh isn't having the guys practice more than allowed...the time spent practicing in FL will be traded for time that wouldve been spent practicing later. You'd think the President of the NCAA would have his facts straight before shoot off at the mouth...ok, you'd at least HOPE he would. 

UNC academic violations scandal, Louisville Strippers Scandal, Ole Miss Violations, and yet they are more concerned about this.  F the NCAA and Emmert and the ESS EEEEEEEEEEE C and A CCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCC.

No wonder those 2 conferences are more focused on this, it takes away the focus from their own schools violations.

 

WILL UNC ever get penalized for all that academic cheating ? Did Miami ever get anything besides what was self imposed ?  , i doubt it . Rick ( 2 minute ) Pitino probably knew what was going on, and they will get a slap on the wrist, and Ole Miss a slap too probably. what ajoke

 

 

the hypocrisy has just become too much to bear anymore.

On January 11, 2016 the NCAA released a press release titled "NCAA Grants Clemson Athletic Activity Waiver". Apparently, something has changed since then.

How about you actually investigate and then ENFORCE violations of the rules you actually do have on the books, you joke?!?

For example, the first amendment means the government can't ban him from opening his mouth.  That doesn't mean he should.

It amazes me that he gets paid as much as he does for this sort of leadership.  There are many profound issues that these camps raise (none unethical or wrong in my mind-BTW ) but instead he goes here.  What a useless organization with a captain asleep at the wheel.  Reminds me of the NFL.

With respect to Michigan ... I think this is as green a light as it gets.    

Let's make this green light a blue light special on southern talent.

Recruits being oversigned at Alabama, women and children getting sexually assaulted at UT, but GOD FORBID Jim Harbaugh takes his team to Florida for spring break for a couple practices.

That's where Emmert and Sankey draw the line.

Can someone please ask Emmert for his view on the pictures of Ole Miss players with stacks of money driving around in $50,000 SUVs?  Just wondering if that''s "okay" or "against the rules"

Well I'm anxiously awaiting Harbaugh's next tweet.

How Greg Stinky & Mark Lemming look to everyone outside their offices....

 

It will be interesting to see all NCAA sports no longer practices or having games during academic breaks.  Very intersting....

start emailing them all so much they tell him to quit drinking and go to bed. Then we can expose them all.

Someone please explain to me how this is different from when my college crew team went to Clemson for spring training during our spring break? I am failing to see the difference. 

In Soviet Russia, everything that was not prohibited was mandatory. 

Since the NCAA is also a poorly run, corrupt totalitarian state, I think the same maxim applies.

Ergo, Michigan's planned Spring Break in Florida is mandatory because it is not prohibited.

Dar Mark Emmert:

Eat a bucket of (censored).

If you look at the combined response to Penn State, Tennessee and spring break, the NCAA is saying here, "We're really just not against rape of any kind; if football dudes want to bang pretty much any genre of person they reeeeally shouldn't be, we're OK with it. In fact, we'll apply our rules in a way that makes it just a bit easier for them to do so."

Finally it comes out. They tell us what this is really all about. The SEC is mad because Harb. is holding satellite camps and planning to hold Michigan's spring practice at IMG.  

Everyone knows IMG is a one stop shop for D1 talent and exposure to their players or cultivating relationship with IMG is HUGE. Problem is, all the activity takes place in the heart of SEC territory. Bottom line, SEC wants to protect their recruiting advantage. PERIOD!!!!       

The other half of this is Harb. is willing to use every LEGAL advantage he can to improve his team. We all know that these satelite camps and spring practice is primarily designed to give Michigan greater exposure in the south. He should, NO PROBLEM.

So, thats why SEC is reframing the issue this way. The NCAA has had discussions of giving players more time to themselves. Then, Harb. schedules spring practice. This gave Sankey a platform to say Harbs. actions go against the spirit of NCAA's discussions. But its not illegal.

If you strip away the poker faces and gamesmanship, Harb. shoud be able to have camp(s) and practice(s) when and where he want's within reason. NCAA has no compelling interest in regulating his camps or specifically his practices if it doesn't take more time from players.  

We know it doesn't, so they look stupid saying so but they get "confederates" like the ACC and Narduzzi to agree it goes against the spirit of more time for the athlete. It could but without specifics and context, we dont know that Michigan's practice at IMG actually does.

I say ride the media and SEC as long as they want to give our team exposure. It's free publicity in a way that you couldn't pay for and when it's all done, they will lose because it's not about the best interest of the kids or the sport it's about protecting recruiting territory. 

It has occurred to me that the NCAA is the North Korea of sports organizations.