By JOE NOCERA Published: December 30, 2011 Mark Emmert, the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the almighty overseer of American college sports, likes to think of himself as a reformer. A few months ago, after he’d been on the job for a little more than a year, he pushed through a series of ...Read More
By JOE NOCERA Published: December 30, 2011 Mark Emmert, the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the almighty overseer of American college sports, likes to think of himself as a reformer. A few months ago, after he’d been on the job for a little more than a year, he pushed through a series of ...Read More
Jim Tressel was fired as Ohio State’s coach earlier this year. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Before Penn State and Syracuse, other schools were rocked by scandals this year “There is no question this is the most scandal-plagued collegiate year ever,” Eddie George says But one sports historian says 1951 had more damaging scandals than this year (CNN) ...Read More
Jim Tressel was fired as Ohio State’s coach earlier this year. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Before Penn State and Syracuse, other schools were rocked by scandals this year “There is no question this is the most scandal-plagued collegiate year ever,” Eddie George says But one sports historian says 1951 had more damaging scandals than this year (CNN) ...Read More