A series of tweets by Jay Bilas exposed the some underbelly of the NCAA. President Mark Emmert said during a conference call on Thursday that its online store would no longer sell jerseys associated with players.
Emmert on NCAA selling player merch: "We recognize why that could be seen as hypocritical. … We're going to exit that business immediately."
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) August 8, 2013
Emmert: "We haven't determined what to do [entirely] w/ that site. No compelling reason why [we] should be reselling jerseys from [schools]"
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) August 8, 2013
Emmert asked how much $$ NCAA made off player-related merch: "I don't have an answer for that."
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) August 8, 2013
Jay Bilas, oh my.
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