Listening to NCAA President Mark Emmert?s speech announcing the penalties handed down against Penn State, I couldn?t help but wonder if he was doing it with a straight face. For at one point he said: ?One of the grave dangers stemming from our love of sports is that the sports themselves can become too big to fail, indeed, too big to even challenge. The result can be an erosion of academic values that are replaced by the value of hero worship and winning at all costs. All involved in intercollegiate athletics must be watchful that programs and individuals do not overwhelm the values of higher education.?
Really!