<p>Emails released today as part of a lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s legal right to impose sanctions at all would indicate that the NCAA itself recognizes that self-imposed sanctions are the best line of attack, since threatening anything is a “bluff” (their own words, to each other in internal email) with little legal legitimacy. Universities are expected to fall on their sword in order to avoid NCAA sanctions or fines, but increasingly schools are fighting back, or at the very least the self-imposed sanctions are revenue-sparing. </p>
<p>No solutions here, just reporting. Personally, not shaking hands is no big deal. It’s kind of silly to pretend it’s some big field of honorable combat amongst gentlemen warriors. Just as silly as name-calling (and caring about it) before games. Such a first-world problem…</p>