### Amusing to hear NCAA president Mark Emmert defend himself on ESPN’s Mike and Mike Show this morning and justify his lack of accountability in the mishandling of the UM investigation.
Emmert said: “For those saying, ‘Fire Emmert’ – it’s like saying if the assistant coach did something wrong, fire the [university] president.”
Why didn’t Emmert know the investigation was being mishandled? “You don’t want the president in the middle of the investigation mucking around,” he said.
And Emmert insisted that once the NCAA found mistakes had been made in the investigation, “I’m confident we did exactly the right thing. We did it the right way.”
UM strongly believes otherwise. UM will file a motion to dismiss the case with the NCAA by Friday's deadline to submit documents, even though the NCAA has told UM that the infractions committee doesn't have the authority to dismiss it. UM disagrees about that, too.
Great tweet today from ESPN’s Jay Bilas: “NCAA President: Buck stops with anyone short of me!”
By the way, it was Sean Allen who justifiably filed a Florida Bar complaint against Nevin Shapiro's attorney, Maria Elena Perez. Allegations against Perez are being reviewed by the Bar's grievance committee.
Allen was essentially duped into giving information about the UM case through the guise of a bankruptcy hearing, with the NCAA conspiring with Perez to get Allen under oath.
Read more here:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...anes-dolphins-ncaa-tidbits.html#storylink=cpy