Todd McNair vs. NCAA Emails Finally Unsealed

The NCAA has literally been fighting tooth and nail to make sure these malice filled emails never saw the light of day.  Today ended all that, as you can see the most sensitive 256 pages here.  There is zero presumption of innocence from anyone on the committee other than Eleanor Myers.  Roscoe Howard, on his first case for the Committee on Infractions, was thus supposed to be a silent observer in the proceedings.  Rodney Uphoff was also supposed to be a non-voting observer, yet he drafted USC's entire list of trumped-up charges.  Mrs. Myers questioned whether or not Uphoff & Howard knew for a fact McNair was lying given their multiple inappropriate emails regarding the case.

Howard, one of the supposed "silent observers", then wrote a 4 page self-described "rant" about the case to all of the members of the committee - voting or non-voting.  The hateful and completely baseless smear campaign against McNair can be seen perfectly in this 4 page screed from Howard starting on page 197.  Some of his points include - Even though "lack of institutional control" cannot be leveled against an assistant coach, USC should have known.  He goes on to claim that USC's entire Athletic Department hid behind plausible deniability.  You see, if anyone at USC says "I don't know," it's because they don't want to know.  I'm pretty sure you could say this about every single fucking thing Obama has been guilty of over the last 7 years, but you still can't fucking prove it.  That's the fucking point.  "McNair should have all inferences negatively inferred against him."  You see, he is not credible because he did not remember a phone call conversation from January 2006.  Except the committee got the year wrong and asked McNair about a January 2005 call that never existed.  His truthful claims of ignorance to a call that never existed make him "a hypocrite of the highest order." 

The fact that Notre Dame Assistant Athletic Director Missy Conboy didn't recuse herself entirely from the proceedings might be the most absurd part of the entire case.  Another kick in the gut was the initial suggested penalty of a 1-year postseason ban with a loss of 6 scholarships over 2 years.  Three and a half months later it was 2-year postseason ban with a loss of 30 scholarships over 3 years.  To this very day, USC is still being affected by the sanctions.  I downloaded a program called Mail Bomber that is going to flood Roscoe Howard, Rodney Uphoff, and Josephine Potuto with emails until they are forced to change addresses.  I figure it's the least I can do.

FWIW - The NCAA has credible reports and receipts from a non-felon "runner" showing that Alabama's DJ Fluker took $45,000 in impermissible benefits during their 2012 National Championship season.  It's a good thing I haven't been holding my breath waiting for the enforcement staff to take away their crystal ball.

So let's be clear - The Pac-12 should have known.  The SEC doesn't need to know.  Also, the "repeat violator" designation is funny 24 years later.