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And, thanks for nothing NCAA. We’ve been waiting for the shoe to drop. Eminent death penalty, only to find out they screwed up the investigation.
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· Te'o addresses reporters at NFL combine
· NCAA gives Emmert vote of confidence
· Georgia TE Flournoy-Smith arrested
· USC adds 3 assistants to revamped staff
· ESPN set to retain Big East TV rights
· 3 ex-Miami coaches want case dismissed
· Cannon expected to regain normal health
· Barkley: Locker-room spat after USC bowl
Campus police Chief Jimmy Williamson said Sunday that Flournoy-Smith reported his textbooks stolen a few days ago. Police investigated and said they found the player had sold them to a local bookstore. Williamson said police obtained a warrant for filing a false police report, notified Flournoy-Smith, and he turned himself in Friday night. He was released early Saturday on $1,000 bond.
Court records don't indicate whether he has an attorney. The charge carries a maximum fine of $1,000 and up to a year in jail.
Flournoy-Smith, a standout at
Emmert gets vote of confidence from NCAA
· Te'o addresses reporters at NFL combine
· NCAA gives Emmert vote of confidence
· Georgia TE Flournoy-Smith arrested
· USC adds 3 assistants to revamped staff
· ESPN set to retain Big East TV rights
· 3 ex-Miami coaches want case dismissed
· Cannon expected to regain normal health
· Barkley: Locker-room spat after USC bowl
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer
(AP) -- NCAA President Mark Emmert still has the confidence of the association's executive committee, despite several indicators in recent days that some schools are questioning his effectiveness.
The NCAA released a statement Saturday, revealing that the executive committee has "unanimously affirmed" its ongoing support of Emmert. Both the decision to make such a statement - and to do so, without warning, over a weekend - are highly unusual for the NCAA, which has been under fire for some time over the way many high-profile cases have been handled, most recently the long investigation of Miami.
Still, the committee also wants the NCAA to move forward with a total review of the association's policies, and said "subsequent improvement ... is necessary." Their statement comes five days after Emmert himself said he wondered if the committee would consider disciplinary action against him after all this recent tumult involving the association.
"Mark Emmert was hired to lead a major transformation of the NCAA," said Michigan State President and executive committee chair Lou Anna K. Simon. "Much has been accomplished without fanfare, such as academic reforms, enhanced fiscal accountability and organizational transparency. The Executive Committee and President Emmert recognize there is much yet to do and that the road to transformational change is often bumpy and occasionally controversial."
And there is no shortage of controversy right now.
In the past few days alone,
The dialogue between Mountain West presidents was reported Friday by CBSSports.com.
"Is it time for the presidents to seek new NCAA leadership or a new organization?" read the Mountain West memo, according to CBSSports.com. "The NCAA has evidenced decisions that focus on trivial and penalize our athletes. The salaries for the NCAA leadership are excessive and an embarrassment to the Mountain West schools. Their decision making is cumbersome and oblique."
Also, Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford said in recent days that his league remains supportive of
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Now, attorney Kenneth Wainstein - who oversaw the review that found major missteps made during the NCAA's investigation of
Either way, the NCAA's move on Saturday was another strange chapter in a strange week.
It started Monday, when Emmert said Julie Roe Lach, the vice president of enforcement - its top cop - would be replaced by private attorney Jonathan Duncan after her role in the botched
The way the
On Friday, the NCAA said its executive committee held a conference call and decided to reiterate its support of Emmert. The committee meets regularly each quarter, the most recent being at the national convention last month. And on Saturday, they released that support through a three-paragraph statement.
"In short, we demand the highest level of integrity and accountability not only from our peers but also from the national office," the statement said. "While progress has been made, additional important work remains."
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