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Who is the Syracuse Orange ‘Person of the Year’?

By Kevin Weinheimer

HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARCH 31: National Collegiate Athletic Association President Mark Emmert speaks during a press conference prior to the 2016 NCAA Men's Final Four at NRG Stadium on March 31, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARCH 31: National Collegiate Athletic Association President Mark Emmert speaks during a press conference prior to the 2016 NCAA Men's Final Four at NRG Stadium on March 31, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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Mark Emmert 

Certainly falls in to the “for better or for worse” category. After coming down hard on Syracuse University for one paper that was fraudulently written over a ten-year period, Emmert and the NCAA decided not to punish the University of North Carolina following proven evidence of wide spread academic corruption and fraud, spanning over 18 years and impacting thousands of student athletes. The decision left Syracuse fans blood boiling, with the blatant hypocrisy of the NCAA on full display.

Emmert has openly stated that the public has lost faith in the NCAA, and rightfully so. With the blatant hypocrisy and double standards of the institution, the decision to let UNC skate free made enormous waves here in Syracuse. Even today people are still calling for Boeheim to get his wins back. While I don’t disagree with them, the fact that this much chatter has come from one person is why Emmert has made the short list for Syracuse Person of the Year (even if the reasons for him being here are all terrible).

Emmert on the NCAA losing trust:

"“The NCAA members, my staff and those schools have got to get our arms around it fast,” Emmert said. “I don’t think this is some little blip that’s going to go away over time. This is a real question of whether or not the universities and colleges, through the association, can manage their affairs. “I believe strongly today that we cannot go into the next basketball season without seeing fundamental change in the way college basketball is operating,” Emmert said. “The public doesn’t have sufficient confidence in any of us. I’ll take that on myself, too, in terms of our ability to solve these issues.”"

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