Victory Bell Rings » mark emmert http://victorybellrings.com A Penn State Nittany Lions News Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Twitter Tuesday – Let’s All Laugh At Mark Emmert Edition http://victorybellrings.com/2013/02/19/twitter-tuesday-lets-all-laugh-at-mark-emmert-edition/ http://victorybellrings.com/2013/02/19/twitter-tuesday-lets-all-laugh-at-mark-emmert-edition/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:30:44 +0000 Matt de Bear http://victorybellrings.com/?p=9282 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 [...]

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]]> 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

No comment, just……no comment.

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

I assume this goes for more than just this call?

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.

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

Pretty sure nothing sums this up better.

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

 

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]]> http://victorybellrings.com/2013/02/19/twitter-tuesday-lets-all-laugh-at-mark-emmert-edition/feed/ 0 Corbett vs. Emmert http://victorybellrings.com/2013/01/03/corbett-vs-emmert-2/ http://victorybellrings.com/2013/01/03/corbett-vs-emmert-2/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:00:29 +0000 Matt de Bear http://victorybellrings.com/?p=8972 Well, that was quite the way to ring in the new year.  2013 wasn’t even twelve hours old when Pete Thamel’s report about Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s plan to sue the NCAA over the Penn State football sanctions hit Twitter.  It was obvious Penn Staters hoping for a quieter year regarding the school and “it” [...]

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]]> Well, that was quite the way to ring in the new year.  2013 wasn’t even twelve hours old when Pete Thamel’s report about Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s plan to sue the NCAA over the Penn State football sanctions hit Twitter.  It was obvious Penn Staters hoping for a quieter year regarding the school and “it” would have to wait for a bit.

VBR has not actively covered the scandal or the many legal issues surrounding it.  There are plenty of other PSU sites that have done an outstanding job of that, and will continue to with this latest development.  In fact, we have largely stayed away from even mentioning it for a number of reasons.  But this is just a little too ridiculous to not at least share some thoughts on.

Tom Corbett may not be public enemy number 1 with PSU fans, but he’s certainly near the top of the list for his involvement on many levels of the Sandusky investigation and the fall out at Dear Old State.  He took a central role in the drama in the hours following the announcement of charges against Sandusky, Curley and Schultz, and ultimately the dismissal of Joe Paterno.  In fact, after the announcement of the very sanctions he is now suing to have vacated (pun totally intended), he was quoted as saying “part of that corrective process is to accept the serious penalties imposed today by the NCAA on Penn State and its football program.”

Taking out the man at the front of the lawsuit, it would be admirable on a lot of levels to see someone in a public position of authority at the very least calling out the NCAA on some of the ridiculous statements and accusations made against Penn State.  But I can’t separate the actions from the man completely.  Tom Corbett is a man who at every possible opportunity has acted in way that would suggest he is more concerned about public perception (and votes) than the proper thing.  Just five and a half months ago, as a voting member of the PSU Board of Trustees, Corbett acknowledged the sanctions were justified.  Wednesday he said he wanted because he did not want to distract from the extraordinary season and the young men who chose to stay at Penn State.  At times during his brief press conference, he appeared to be reading the various talking points found on blogs and message boards.

It’s hard to really see what the end game is here for the Governor.  I’m not a lawyer (which is shocking, given I write for a PSU blog), but it’s hard to imagine this being resolved in a manner timely enough to have any real impact.  Is his only goal to pander to the sizeable Penn State voting bloc come November 2014 when he is up for reelection? Is this a power play to get more control over the $60 million fine the State Legislature has been actively challenging for some time? Does he just want to give us the great theater of seeing two of the most despised men among PSU fans wage a public relations war?

Like everything to go on in Happy Valley these past 14 months, time will certainly tell. In the interim, I suggest familiarizing yourself with coping mechanisms from last year.  This is not going away soon.

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]]> http://victorybellrings.com/2013/01/03/corbett-vs-emmert-2/feed/ 0 Governor Corbett, Pennsylvania To Sue NCAA http://victorybellrings.com/2013/01/02/governor-corbett-pennsylvania-to-sue-ncaa/ http://victorybellrings.com/2013/01/02/governor-corbett-pennsylvania-to-sue-ncaa/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:00:20 +0000 Matt de Bear http://victorybellrings.com/?p=8950 As the page was turned to 2013, and Penn State fans looked forward to what we all hoped to be a much happier year, the ghosts of 2012 again reared their heads. As was first reported Tuesday morning by Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is expected to file a lawsuit in U.S. [...]

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]]> As the page was turned to 2013, and Penn State fans looked forward to what we all hoped to be a much happier year, the ghosts of 2012 again reared their heads. As was first reported Tuesday morning by Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is expected to file a lawsuit in U.S. Federal Court Wednesday morning, challenging the NCAA’s sanctions against the Penn State football program.  Specifics regarding the nature of the lawsuit have not been made public, but Thamel’s report indicated that Corbett will be challenging more than just the distribution of the $60 million fine.  The disbursement of that fine money has been the subject of debate within the Pennsylvania State Legislature recently. There has been no indication that Penn State has any involvement with this action.  Ironically, Corbett will still be announcing the lawsuit on campus at PSU’s Nittany Lion Inn.

It will be interesting to see where this goes, if for no other reason than public enemies #1, and 1A for a number of Penn State fans and supporters, Corbett and NCAA President Mark Emmert, will become the faces of this new round of fallout from the Sandusky Scandal.  The NCAA has yet to comment, and Corbett’s office has only said they will address the “illegal sanctions”.

All of this comes at a unique time for Penn State, as they attempt to build off the positive momentum from this past season.  Not only will any legal action bring the University back into media spotlight, despite their lack of direct involvement in the suit, but this also comes as rumors swirl about the future of Bill O’Brien.  Numerous reports have O’Brien as a candidate for several of the 7 current NFL openings, although there has yet to be any indication O’Brien has interviewed, or intends to.

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