From CBS Sports:
If Emmert didn't know that company funds were being misappropriated in the Miami investigation, he should have known. That's what good bosses/coaches do. At least take the blame.
The NCAA is his team. Scores of real coaches' careers have been eternally damaged for a lot less evidence than what the NCAA uncovered itself.
On Monday, the NCAA announced it had fired Roe Lach -- the chief cop on the beat -- for overseeing the use of an outside attorney to gather information in the Miami case. As reported by CBSSports.com last month, Roe Lach approved at least $20,000 in payments to Maria Elena Perez to ask questions regarding the Miami case during an unrelated deposition.
Roe Lach and the NCAA reportedly got little or nothing for their money. The NCAA said whatever was gathered will be stricken from the investigation. Not that it mattered. An enforcement department frequently accused of overreaching got itself caught by … itself.
The immediate question is what did Emmert know and when did he know it?
The question wasn't asked because I was cut off to go to the next questioner. Not intentionally, I'm sure, but there were so many other answers that didn't come on Monday.
-- Was Roe Lach given a severance and did she sign a nondisclosure agreement? Being a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, does the NCAA have to reveal those facts? Based on at least one previous NCAA tax return, we'll find out. Several names and severence amounts paid to individuals are listed on at least one previous return, according to Omaha-based tax attorney Wayne Henry.
"We pulled up the NCAA tax return," Henry said. "They have disclosed the severance payments they have made to a number of people."
-- Two outlets (USA Today, ESPN.com) have been reporting for weeks that it didn't stop at Roe Lach, that general counsel Donald Remy knew of the payment. In the review, investigator Ameen Najjar contends that the "Legal Staff" approved the expenditure. Emmert said previously, and the review reiterates, that Remy's office was clear about not using Elena Perez.
If Emmert didn't know that company funds were being misappropriated in the Miami investigation, he should have known. That's what good bosses/coaches do. At least take the blame.
The NCAA is his team. Scores of real coaches' careers have been eternally damaged for a lot less evidence than what the NCAA uncovered itself.
On Monday, the NCAA announced it had fired Roe Lach -- the chief cop on the beat -- for overseeing the use of an outside attorney to gather information in the Miami case. As reported by CBSSports.com last month, Roe Lach approved at least $20,000 in payments to Maria Elena Perez to ask questions regarding the Miami case during an unrelated deposition.
Roe Lach and the NCAA reportedly got little or nothing for their money. The NCAA said whatever was gathered will be stricken from the investigation. Not that it mattered. An enforcement department frequently accused of overreaching got itself caught by … itself.
The immediate question is what did Emmert know and when did he know it?
The question wasn't asked because I was cut off to go to the next questioner. Not intentionally, I'm sure, but there were so many other answers that didn't come on Monday.
-- Was Roe Lach given a severance and did she sign a nondisclosure agreement? Being a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, does the NCAA have to reveal those facts? Based on at least one previous NCAA tax return, we'll find out. Several names and severence amounts paid to individuals are listed on at least one previous return, according to Omaha-based tax attorney Wayne Henry.
"We pulled up the NCAA tax return," Henry said. "They have disclosed the severance payments they have made to a number of people."
-- Two outlets (USA Today, ESPN.com) have been reporting for weeks that it didn't stop at Roe Lach, that general counsel Donald Remy knew of the payment. In the review, investigator Ameen Najjar contends that the "Legal Staff" approved the expenditure. Emmert said previously, and the review reiterates, that Remy's office was clear about not using Elena Perez.