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Mark Emmert, here, take some credibility. Same goes to you, Committee on Infractions chairman Dennis Thomas.
Both men have taken a lot of hits recently for their sloppy way of dealing with the media, as well as their inconsistent, questionable legislation in punishing Georgia Tech's and LSU's football programs with transparent wrist-slaps. Vacated seasons long gone by and one-year probations do not implore most to sling a salute at the NCAA.
But to their credit, both men increasingly and intently said they'd handle serious violators and liars by imposing longer punishments with harsher terms. It's a point Emmert's had to repeat again and again thanks to the myriad rule-breakers who've been caught in 2011, ever ...
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