WarTiger 4,050 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33811633/mark-emmert-step-ncaa-president-2023 Mark Emmert to step down as NCAA president by June 30, 2023 An NCAA release said Emmert and the NCAA board of governors reached a mutual agreement to have him step aside. "Throughout my tenure I've emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes," Emmert said in a statement. "I am extremely proud of the work of the Association over the last 12 years and especially pleased with the hard work and dedication of the national office staff here in Indianapolis." Emmert's decision comes at a time when major college sports are being transformed by name, image and likeness rights and the transfer portal, which allows athletes to change schools one time without penalty. "With the significant transitions underway within college sports, the timing of this decision provides the Association with consistent leadership during the coming months plus the opportunity to consider what will be the future role of the president," NCAA board of governors chair John J. DeGioia, the president of Georgetown, said in a statement. "It also allows for the selection and recruitment of the next president without disruption." 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. In January, NCAA member schools adopted a new constitution, and are now in the process of transforming the structure and mission to meet future needs. Emmert's decision isn't unexpected, as the reboot of college athletics is expected to significantly reduce the NCAA's responsibility in management and enforcement of rules. Each of the NCAA's three divisions are currently working on revising or creating their own rules to align with the fundamental principles laid out in the new constitution. The new constitution, which was prompted by significant legal and political defeats for the NCAA last summer, is designed to simplify what many college sports leaders have called a complex and outdated rulebook. It shrinks the board of governors -- the association's decision-making entity -- from 20 members down to nine and tries to ensure that current and former athletes have a larger voice in shaping the future NCAA. The administrators and committee members who crafted the new constitution hoped to reaffirm the NCAA's focus on the "primacy of the academic experience" after a summer in which politicians and Supreme Court justices questioned the NCAA's claims that it is unique and distinct from professional sports. "Are we spending our resources in a way that emphasizes our core values and helping as many students as we can?" Emmert said during an address in January. "That's what's driving frustration and anger both inside and outside college sports, and that's what puts the whole enterprise at serious risk." The new constitution states plainly that college athletes should not be paid directly by their schools for athletic participation, but leaves it up to each division to decide what education-related benefits athletes can receive from their schools and how athletes can make money from other sources by selling the rights to their own names, images and likenesses. Emmert, 69, was named the NCAA's fifth president on April 27, 2010. He previously had been the president at the University of Washington and the chancellor at Louisiana State University. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randman5000 4,306 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Not soon enough 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumterAubie 3,127 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Then Saban's last season will be 2024 2 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,781 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 15,086 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Cautious optimism for me. Good to see him on his way out but someone warned me years ago to be careful when I complain about anyone because we haven't seen their replacement yet. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootskii 268 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 I hope Derrick Crawford won't be the next one selected, the VP of Hearing Operations. He has a BA in political science and Juris Doctor from Alabama. Don't want the Gumps having another buddy buddy at the top over at the NCAA. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryAU 1,962 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 In January, NCAA member schools adopted a new constitution, and are now in the process of transforming the structure and mission to meet future needs. Emmert's decision isn't unexpected, as the reboot of college athletics is expected to significantly reduce the NCAA's responsibility in management and enforcement of rules. Each of the NCAA's three divisions are currently working on revising or creating their own rules to align with the fundamental principles laid out in the new constitution. This ^^ is interesting. Member schools had enough of the outdated and entirely too cumbersome NCAA rule book & they're reducing the NCAA's power in enforcing the rules. It's about dang time! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank2020 3,441 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 22 minutes ago, JerryAU said: In January, NCAA member schools adopted a new constitution, and are now in the process of transforming the structure and mission to meet future needs. Emmert's decision isn't unexpected, as the reboot of college athletics is expected to significantly reduce the NCAA's responsibility in management and enforcement of rules. Each of the NCAA's three divisions are currently working on revising or creating their own rules to align with the fundamental principles laid out in the new constitution. This ^^ is interesting. Member schools had enough of the outdated and entirely too cumbersome NCAA rule book & they're reducing the NCAA's power in enforcing the rules. It's about dang time! Just depends on what lands in the void. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryAU 1,962 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Hank2020 said: Just depends on what lands in the void. Agreed, but with member schools adopting a new set of rules and guidelines resulting in effectively diminishing the governance and oversight the NCAA previously had, while also acknowledging the current NCAA structure is out dated and entirely too cumbersome of a rulebook then I believe that's a step in the right direction. The NCAA is being forced to change, forced to adjust to the new rules of college sports in a new climate of NIL. There has to be a governing body in place, but the arbitrary enforcement and exhaustive time line during the investigative process is idiotically slow. Hopefully better days are ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 hour ago, JerryAU said: The NCAA is being forced to change, forced to adjust to the new rules of college sports I mean, does this say it all, really? Quite the inverse of a typical cart-horse relationship. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUwent 3,845 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 https://247sports.com/Article/Mark-Emmert-resigns-NCAA-president-potential-replacements-revealed-per-report-186812079/Amp/ Crawford not listed here, so fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerbelle 5,299 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Emmert stayed long enough to do tremendous damage to college athletics.. Now he'll take his undeserved pension and run. He's a corrupt scumbag. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUwent 3,845 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 I'll still believe it when I see it when it comes to Farquad hanging it up. Very possible he's still coaching into the 2030s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle79 3,569 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 21 hours ago, SumterAubie said: Then Saban's last season will be 2024 Doesn't matter now that cheating is legal for everyone. Emmert didn't need to hang around anymore to protect Little Nicky. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighfan 1,258 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Tigerbelle said: Emmert stayed long enough to do tremendous damage to college athletics.. Now he'll take his undeserved pension and run. He's a corrupt scumbag. Don't sugar coat it, how do you really feel about him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedaler 1,039 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 With NIL making paying players legal, his services are no longer required. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Damage to college athletics? Lol. They're making more money than ever, they're much safer than they used to be, and now they're more equitable for the student-athletes. I'm curious what this damage is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodford 3,793 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Still have no idea why the big conferences haven’t left the NCAA. Makes no sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU-24 3,140 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Wondering what Bammer will be next? Crawford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU-24 3,140 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 On 4/28/2022 at 7:09 AM, AUwent said: https://247sports.com/Article/Mark-Emmert-resigns-NCAA-president-potential-replacements-revealed-per-report-186812079/Amp/ Crawford not listed here, so fingers crossed. Missed this one, thanks for posting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerbelle 5,299 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 On 4/27/2022 at 8:56 PM, milehighfan said: Don't sugar coat it, how do you really feel about him? I don't believe in sugar coating things because it's dishonest. He and Saban were corrupt at LSU and nothing changed about either of them except for their locations. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredst 9,072 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 (edited) I’m not sure that the NCAA has been more dysfunctional or corrupt under Emmett that it was long before he became president. Under his watch it just more directly (and openly) benefited our main rival. Still, not sad to see him gone. The NCAA, particularly with regard to football and mens basketball, is on the fast track to irrelevance IMO Edited April 29, 2022 by fredst 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic_zx 1,070 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper 3,595 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 On 4/27/2022 at 7:15 PM, oracle79 said: Doesn't matter now that cheating is legal for everyone. Emmert didn't need to hang around anymore to protect Little Nicky. Bingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casatiger 514 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Emmett has left a trail of corruption at every institution he has worked for including LSU where he and Saban buried an academic scandal together and wound up having to pay the whistle-blower after being fired for it. That's one of the reasons there has been an unprecedented run of championships for bama. Brothers in scandal stick together. Saban has been untouchable and unchecked. Every dynasty ended in NCAA infractions prior to this run by bama and the greatest run ever outside of UCLA basketball was all done above board?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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