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Post by nyline on Jul 16, 2021 13:47:48 GMT -5
Mark Emmert -- the architect of perhaps the greatest institutional overreach and cravenly self-interested bureaucratic action (see Penn State sanctions) in the history of sport -- is shamelessly trying to recast his image. "I realize there is jelly all over my shirt, and powdered sugar and jelly on my face and hands, but I haven't seen any jelly doughnuts with powdered sugar, let alone eaten any." Well certainly one can revile Mr. Emmert as the public face of the organization. But I believe he is basically mostly a mouthpiece for a group which has struggled unsuccessfully to integrate apparently irreconcilable goals - to provide for a fair competition for college students organized by schools many of whom will stop at nothing to try to win, and to allow the schools that will stop at nothing to make as much money as they can. The Penn State sanctions were indeed a debacle, as tacitly acknowledged when the sanctions were "modified." But Emmert's comments here are in my view simply a statement that he is giving up. The goals and needs of the member schools, and the student athletes, are too diverse to serve with one (or even 3+) sets of rules. I perceive from his statement that he wants the schools to decide what they want to do. Of course he may have been asking for a jelly doughnut, but if that was his intent, it was expressed too subtly for me to discern. He presided over efforts throughout his tenure to deny student-athletes the ability to be compensated (among other antitrust-defying efforts by the NCAA). I agree he is surrendering, but it is a surrender that comes as he and his organization are being carried off by the victorious forces of the other side.
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Post by elliotberton on Jul 16, 2021 17:00:07 GMT -5
He presided over efforts throughout his tenure to deny student-athletes the ability to be compensated (among other antitrust-defying efforts by the NCAA). I agree he is surrendering, but it is a surrender that comes as he and his organization are being carried off by the victorious forces of the other side. I do not take issue with your comments. I have no sympathy for this person. He knew what he was signing on to, and got (gets) paid quite a bit for doing so. I however remind myself that the member schools, including our well loved alma mater, created this organization, have always had the chance to change it, and have willingly remained part of this body with its ever increasingly complicated rules which have been enforced in an often arbitrary fashion. Mr. Emmert, his colleagues and predecessors have and continue to do what the member schools have wanted (in this instance, not pay the players very much). So in my mind, the Supreme Court decision is a denunciation of the schools as much as it is against the NCAA. I enjoy college sports very much. We can only hope that the new world will not adversely affect the athletes, or the sport.
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Post by nyline on Jul 16, 2021 20:26:27 GMT -5
I do not take issue with your comments. I have no sympathy for this person. He knew what he was signing on to, and got (gets) paid quite a bit for doing so. I however remind myself that the member schools, including our well loved alma mater, created this organization, have always had the chance to change it, and have willingly remained part of this body with its ever increasingly complicated rules which have been enforced in an often arbitrary fashion. Mr. Emmert, his colleagues and predecessors have and continue to do what the member schools have wanted (in this instance, not pay the players very much). So in my mind, the Supreme Court decision is a denunciation of the schools as much as it is against the NCAA. I enjoy college sports very much. We can only hope that the new world will not adversely affect the athletes, or the sport. Amen, brother.
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Post by ethankasales on Jul 20, 2021 22:39:12 GMT -5
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Post by ethankasales on Jul 29, 2021 11:48:04 GMT -5
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Post by ethankasales on Aug 6, 2021 11:55:40 GMT -5
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Post by pennstate1973 on Aug 12, 2021 16:05:56 GMT -5
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Post by nyline on Aug 12, 2021 20:55:14 GMT -5
i agree with you. Of course, there could be some unexpected (and unwanted) downsides, like: "Sexual assault by xyz University's Football Team -- brought to you by [fill in blank] Products!"
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Post by ethankasales on Sept 8, 2021 17:10:09 GMT -5
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Post by ethankasales on Sept 9, 2021 11:23:02 GMT -5
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Post by ethankasales on Sept 9, 2021 11:23:16 GMT -5
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 1, 2021 8:59:12 GMT -5
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Post by nyline on Nov 1, 2021 20:25:15 GMT -5
I wonder how those percentages will change when basketball season is in full swing.
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 10, 2021 19:47:47 GMT -5
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 15, 2021 19:02:51 GMT -5
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