Paul Finebaum said Mark Emmert needs to go.
No one wants college football to start more than Paul Finebaum, but even he wants it done in a safe, secure manner amid the coronavirus pandemic. Rather than try to get his biggest money-maker set up for an unusual 2020 season, Mark Emmert seems content with just sitting idly by on the sidelines. In Finebaum’s eyes, this is simply unacceptable.
On his show, Finebaum went for Emmert’s jugular, claiming that the NCAA’s commander-in-chief should be fired for an appalling dereliction of duty over the last few months.
Finebaum took Mark Emmert to task over a lack of leadership.
Finebaum, who has been willing to go after coaches and administrators alike if he perceives a lack of leadership or knowledge, compared Emmert’s behavior to that of a weatherman telling the audience that it’s raining during the middle of a hurricane.
While some conferences, like the Big Ten have already said they will only play conference games in 2020, the Big 12 is still planning a full season, and that lack of uniformity between conferences has Finebaum justifiably irritated.
If Emmert doesn’t step up and start doing what he was put in this position to do, there is a chance that the 2020 college football season gets delayed to the springtime, which could force some stars to declare for the draft. The nuclear option of canceling the season, unfortunately, remains on the table, and that is due in part to Emmert and his poor leadership.
Emmert seems more than content with just sitting on his hands and hoping that everything resolves itself while his sport burns around him. The lack of uniformity as it relates to coronavirus procedures and regulations is the latest in a long list of examples in which he has failed to guide his sport through choppy waters. It’s hard to find faults in what Finebaum said.