Twitter Tuesday – Let’s All Laugh At Mark Emmert Edition

Unless you’ve been hiding under the proverbial rock the last month or so, you are very much aware of the circus the NCAA’s investigation into Miami has become.  Well, today the walking jokes from the NCAA announced the findings of the external investigation, into the investigation.  Front and center was public enemy #1 in Happy Valley, NCAA dictator president Mark Emmert, who took questions, made statements, and generally stuck his foot in his mouth on a conference call.  What follows are unedited accounts from various media types.

NCAA Prez Mark Emmert: “It’s of paramount importance that we follow our own rules.”

— Bruce Feldman (@BFeldmanCBS) February 18, 2013

Maybe I should’ve saved this gem for later, but who is to say you make it that far. Surely the irony is not lost on Penn Staters.

Emmert said (even tho) NCAA canned several members of enforcement staff that doesn’t mean they’ll re-examine past cases they worked on.

— Bruce Feldman (@BFeldmanCBS) February 18, 2013

Well of course not. Doing that would almost certainly open yourself up to so much more criticism. Besides, Mr. Emmert seems to be drumming up enough negativity on his own.

The kicker in all of this: An NCAA investigator purchased a burner phone to communicate with Nevin Shaprio in prison.

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) February 18, 2013

I’m not sure what else to say about this. Although, we have established the NCAA is at least smarter than Bobby Petrino. So they’ve got that going for them, which is nice.

Emmert: It’s an embarrassment to the NCAA and the staff.”

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) February 18, 2013

I mean, I assume this is in regards to the Miami debacle, but in the future Mark, you might want to clarify which cluster**** you are referring to.

Seems like a good process when a member school is afraid of being labeled “uncooperative” when something so blatant was an issue.

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) February 18, 2013

You mean when they threaten a school with a multi-year “death penalty” (and then deny it) to force unprecedented sanctions down their throat, despite no actual violation of NCAA rules?

What does it say about the NCAA that their external review found nobody violated NCAA rules in all of this?

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) February 18, 2013

No comment, just……no comment.

The core cultural issue, which is what I asked Emmert about, is that enforcement ignored NCAA legal staff’s advice. How does that happen?

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) February 18, 2013

Cultural issues you say? This one might actually be a legit problem though.

Oh my word. Please stop talking Emmert.

— Matt Hayes(@Matt_HayesSN) February 18, 2013

I assume this goes for more than just this call?

Emmert: “Wouldn’t characterize this as a case of corruption. Bad judgment and bad decisions made.”

— Matt Hayes(@Matt_HayesSN) February 18, 2013

Of course not, you will only do that when you can cram it down some unsuspecting, and out of his league President is on the other end.

Let’s see: JoePa should have known, Todd McNair should have known… and Emmert? Nah, why should he have known?

— Matt Hayes(@Matt_HayesSN) February 18, 2013

Of course not. We established earlier there is no culture problem in Indy!

College athletics reaches the point where The U calls the NCAA unprofessional & unethical and the public agrees.

— Jon Solomon (@jonsol) February 18, 2013

Pretty sure nothing sums this up better.

I think my favorite part about the NCAA is how they don’t even require you to write your own jokes.

— Matt d (@PSUMatt2005) February 18, 2013

OK, this sums it up much better. Plus the author is pretty funny. We should all follow that guy.

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