OT: NCAA President Mark Emmett stepping down in 2023
One last year of money passthrough. Cue "Nobody Does It Better."
Let's hope this man is never involved with athletics in any way, shape, or form ever again.
Mark Emmert, surveying a huge pile of smoking rubble:
"Welp, my job is done—I'm outta here."
April 26th, 2022 at 10:28 PM ^
Mark Emmert has entered the transfer portal.
April 26th, 2022 at 10:55 PM ^
Reports are: “The IOC and FIFA have expressed interest”
The World Economic Forum is interested...
April 27th, 2022 at 11:47 AM ^
I read in the Journal that he has been offered a Twitter board seat.
April 27th, 2022 at 12:14 PM ^
With his fraternal twin, Mark Emmett.
Apparently true, yet this is definitely not news. Years ago, Dr. Emmert essentially stepped down from active duty as the President of the single most vital [but unfortunately, ineffective] U.S. sports organization.
Could it be that he realized that no matter what efforts were made the NCAA just could not attain the same elite level of corruption as FIFA and the IOC?
Once a dream dies, the fire goes out and it's time to move to Florida to bitch about kids and hit the early birds.
Muppets?
Elon Musk for NCAA prez!
sweet, so now the NCAA can engage in slander in addition to corruption.
Um. Twitter already engages in slander. I mean, Farrakhan is still allowed on Twitter. The entire platform is a cesspool.
I don’t know why the negs. I chuckled
Emmert is leaving the NCAA to handle rules enforcement at Twitter.
Don’t let the dirt hitcha where the good lord splitcha
Or you can step down now Mark. Why wait until June 2023?
Probably about one pretty nice yacht worth of reasons to stick around for one more year.
This should kick off an bizzaro job search for the NCAA. Instead of looking for the most competent candidate, they'll be looking for the worst. Emmert (that's how it's spelled, BTW) set a mighty low bar to get under.
The NCAA Executive President is a bit like the pro sports league commissioners. He/they work at the behest of the University Presidents/team owners. They aren't always mouthpieces, but they often are.
Is what it is. View Emmert in that light and all his major decisions (being anti-NIL, the Ed "I don't know what state Tulsa is in" O'Bannon lawsuit, and the various sanctions or non-sanctions against schools) make more sense. View Emmert in that light and his performance was adequate, not terrible.
On one other thing: I don't think there is anyone who could have stopped the shift toward what now seems inevitable: the Power 5/Power 4 breaking away from the rest of the FBS. It's the big-school University Presidents who are the ones who ultimately want that Power 5/4 break away.
Same garbage truck. We’ll just have a different driver.
Next shit head president come on down. Probably Mork D'antininia
In an effort to streamline management decisions, today the SEC announced Greg Sankey will become leader of the NCAA and ESPN. Sankey will maintain his duties as commissioner of the SEC, Any further bitching from the Big Ten/ACC/PAC-12 Circle of Friends will be addressed through tournament seeding.
In the immortal words of Dr Farnsworth: "Good News, everyone!"
A man of culture, I see…
Looking forward to new NCAA president Augusto Pinochet assuming office.
Can’t possibly imagine an emptier suit
Just wait for his replacement. Idiots surround themselves with idiots afterall.
Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
I have no doubt he's going to give himself a massive bonus before he leaves. Despite that it's wonderful news that he is leaving. Burn the whole thing to the ground and start new.
What's left to burn? It's not like he ever called the fire department...
While it's fun to mock Mark, he's essentially a messenger boy for an organization that can't figure out what it wants.
Actually, what it wants is the good old days when they could protect their money grab by simply spouting "student-athlete."
But with that no longer an option, they're groping (each other?) in the dark.
A good leader gets people to follow a sound vision. Emmert is... not that.
I hear Dave Brandon is on the short list of successors.
Well, he does specialize in bankruptcy...
Don’t let the doorknob hit you in the ass on the way out.
April 26th, 2022 at 10:50 PM ^
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
April 26th, 2022 at 11:28 PM ^
Back in Biz School I learned about the so-called Peter Principle, talented people rise to the level of their incompetence where they finally show they are human and not God's gift to mankind. Mark is clearly a poster child of that principle.
April 26th, 2022 at 11:33 PM ^
How about the "late" Mr. Hand and his "I don't know" reply to Jeff Spicoli. Really, the NCAA is about as powerful these days as Mr. Hand was policing his history class.
Stepping down?? When has he ever stepped up?
Who cares. Like others have basically already said, they'll just replace him with another worthless assclown.
Will anyone even notice that he's gone?
April 27th, 2022 at 10:17 AM ^
Wow, the man that single handedly ruined college sports. And cheers to the other conference commissioners for allowing it.... SEC SEC SEC
April 27th, 2022 at 11:59 AM ^
Lonely?
THANK YOU BABY JESUS!!!!