Thamel: NCAA's shame in extending Mark Emmert's contract

By Pete Thamel, Yahoo Sports: The most galling part of the contract extension the NCAA Board of Governors gave to president Mark Emmert on Tuesday is that it was embarrassed to give it to him. It is made up almost entirely of college presidents, a group of people that often pay $50,000 retainers to public relations consultants to use buzz words like “transparency” and “accountability.”

The NCAA's shame and embarrassment in extending Mark Emmert's contract

The NCAA Board of Governors casually extended Mark Emmert's tenure as an afterthought at the tail-end of a lengthy news release — perhaps the most telling sign of how bad of a decision it was.

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