Mark Emmert must think we're stupid
by Paragon SC on Aug 29, 2011 2:16 PM PDT
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I know this is posted as a FanShot with some great comments but I wanted to chime in...
I could go in a lot directions with his interview with the LAT, but I want to just focus on one area that stood out.
The chairman [Dee] was one of nine voices on the committee. He has no more power than anyone else. We look at individual cases on their merits. What happened at Miami has no bearing on USC. I understand it doesn't feel right. We decide cases based on the facts on the ground, and we will continue to do that.
Emmert can't be serious...
Dee should have never been on the committee.
Emmert's disconnect is a simple one...because Dee was at the helm at Miami when the largest Pell Grant scandal went down and because of Dee's role in the withholding of some drug tests that allowed some players to play in a bowl game, he is far from qualified from sitting in judgment of other programs when on the committee.
Because Dee was the AD at another school, A school that had numerous infractions under his watch, it is logical to say that there was a huge conflict of interest.
USC was the in thing, the flavor of the month as it was. USC was laying waste to a number of schools that were part of the good ole' boy network.
The rumors have circulated that Dee took over the investigation and that a number of members on the committee felt "pressured" to go along.
My five year old could figure out that Dee and his cronies had an agenda.
There are those who will say that it is a conspiracy, fine. But based on the standards that Paul Dee nailed USC for and then to have worse infractions happen on his watch while saying to other programs that he sat in judgment over that they needed to use the Miami model of compliance exposes Dee not only as corrupt but woefully ineligible to stand in judgment of other programs.
If Mark Emmert can't see that, then it will only get worse.
Good!
The only way the NCAA is called out is for its members to break away from this sham organization.
The main problem with the NCAA is that it is staffed with only members of academia...they all eat from the same trough. Everybody looks out one another...and if you're an outsider then you're screwed. There is no impartiality...agenda's abound.
If Mark Emmert is too ignorant to see that then things will never get better.
They will get worse!
I went back and forth with Ronnie Ramos on Twitter last week. He tried to pass the BS line that the member institutions make the rules, that the NCAA answers to the member institutions....right.
Obviously, Ramos and his superiors are floating us a line of BS.
He can't really believe that, can he?
How stupid do these people think we really are??
UPDATE: Eamonn Brennan agrees...
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At this rate
The NCAA will remain a corrupt organization, and it will take a Woodward and Bernstein to bring them down.
Mayber Ronnie Ramos can explain. . . .
. . . .how the appeals amendment was formulated. He does understand that MEMBER INSTITUTIONS had exactly zero-input as to the crafting, wording, and voting on this particular amendment to NCAA rules.
If member institutions create the rules, how did this one pass? If member institutions have a say, then member institutions can certainly repeal this amendment can’t they?
As a matter of fact, it would be in the best interest of college athletics if EVERYTHING touched by Paul Dee was re-examined and overturned- in order for the NCAA to get things right.
The NCAA’s COI has been under fire DUE TO two people, and two people ONLY: Josephine Potuto and Paul Dee. These two are the main cause of the public’s concern. Put in Julie Roe Lach, and you’ll get your complicit accessory.
None of these three serve in the corrupt capacity as they once served. And NO! That is not satisfactory. THey all must be brought to explain their accountability in bringing shame upon the NCAA.
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As a matter of fact, it would be in the best interest of college athletics if EVERYTHING touched by Paul Dee was re-examined and overturned- in order for the NCAA to get things right.
I’m no pessimist, but they won’t ever do that. It’s sad, really.
by DFWTrojanTuba on Aug 29, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't place money on that happening either, but. . . .
. . . .NOTHING would surprise me, with regards to the NCAA. How they have managed to fuck up fuck ups, is beyond me. This reality that is college athletics and the NCAA is better than fiction. It would be quite a challenge to dream up the unfortunate scenario which the NCAA finds itself in right now.
High profile bad public perception, demands high profile turning over a new leaf.
They can do anything they want to, this is true. And erring on the side of continuing to fuck things up, is prolly a safe bet. But, there’s always a slither of hope they can do things right, for once under the Emmert-regime. Even Emmert deserves a chance to redeem himself and the NCAA.
I don’t hate the man, per se. I completely loathe what the man stands for, is all.
by BixBeiderbecke on Aug 29, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone who understands anything about group dynamics
Understands that nine people, whether on a jury or a panel or a committee, do not operate as pure seperate and equal and individuals.
I am guessing Emmert is too smart to really believe that “The chairman [Dee] was one of nine voices on the committee. He has no more power than anyone else.” So, instead, he is a cynical son-of-a-bitch.
Paul Dee hand picked a few of the committee members
It was HIS committee. Emmert may say otherwise, but he doesn’t really believe otherwise.
Jo Potuto who came out or "retirement" and Missy Conboy were his handmaidens. Outcome was guaranteed.
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
I would love to sit-down and have a drink with Emmert, just to stick it to his head up everyones ass face.
Who--What--Slim Shady----the ncaa is after all the BS they are lying out----and just remember they will rewrite history every seven years after the fact. Tennesse will get off with nothing on the violations, but that really doesn't matter they suck anyway.
by so.cal.native1952 on Aug 30, 2011 6:24 PM PDT reply actions
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I am glad for your article. I find Emmert’s saying that the committee chair is just one of 9 voices to be absolutely amazing. Like others have stated, not only do I not believe that, I don’t believe that Emmert believes it. Chairman has responsibility for getting work of committee done, normally is given latitude in setting agenda, controlling discussion.
Emmert's and Ramos' comments bespeak of the politics of truth!
As in, both of these types of people are conditioned to learn and know how to carefully take liberties with the reality of situations and truth. It’s not a talent, it’s a learned skill.
So, it’s not so much that they think we’re stupid, it’s just that they are too stupid to know any better whether or not the public believes them or not. They’re saying what they have to say, in order to to have any semblance of comfort in the vocation they chose for themselves.
Take a garbage man, for instance. Who, in their right mind, would feel comfortable picking up and emptying trash and garbage all the long day? Well, you would have to NOT HAVE ANY FEELINGS over the matter if you were being paid $20/hr to do the job on a daily basis. Same with Emmert. He’s picking up and emptying his “own type of trash” daily and he’s being paid handsomely to do it. Is he comfortable? Hell if I know! But, if he wants his president’s salary, he’s just going to do whatever he can to survive. To me, he’s too stupid to have any notions whether we, as fans, are stupid enough to believe him.
by BixBeiderbecke on Aug 31, 2011 10:23 AM PDT reply actions
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