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catmandoo
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posted 07-11-2014 10:25 AM      Profile for catmandoo   Email catmandoo   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Sounds like Emmert had a tough day and deservedly so.

Senate Commerce Committee chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) began a hearing on college athletics Wednesday afternoon with vigor, skepticism and the promise of this just being the start of a campaign of NCAA oversight. A little more than three hours later, he ended it with what seemed like a sense of resignation.

In between, NCAA President Mark Emmert — the hearing's star witness — announced his support for what he termed "scholarships for life," backed the NCAA away from a controversial legal position in a concussion lawsuit and faced a barrage of criticism and sharply worded questions on a wide range of issues.

Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who early Wednesday released a report on how colleges report, investigate and adjudicate sexual violence, blasted Emmert concerning a finding that more than 20% of schools give the athletics department oversight of cases involving athletes. In her wake, several other members of the committee, some Democrat and some Republican, followed suit.

Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrung a "commitment" from Emmert to address the matter, and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), gesturing toward the hearing room's entryway, admonished Emmert to "walk out this door and fix that."


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Ol' Blue
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posted 07-11-2014 05:49 PM      Profile for Ol' Blue   Email Ol' Blue   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
He should be tied to a stake and really grilled!

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