As the NCAA continues its wave of change, there will be a new face at the top of its national office.
On Tuesday, the NCAA announced president Mark Emmert will be stepping down from his role either when a new president is selected or until June 30, 2023. Emmert has been the president of the NCAA since April 27, 2010, after previously serving as the president at the University of Washington and chancellor at Louisiana State University.
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Emmert's decision to step down was announced by NCAA Air Force Falcons shirt Board of Governors Chair John J. DeGioia as a "mutual agreement" between the two sides.
"With the significant transitions underway within college sports, the timing of the decision provides the Association with consistent leadership during the coming months plus the Broward Seahawks clothes opportunity to consider what will be the future role of the president," DeGioia said in the release. "It also allows for the selection and recruitment of the next president without disruption."
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Emmert's abrupt announcement of stepping down within the next 14 months comes just about a year exactly to when Emmert was signed to an extension to be the president of the NCAA through the end of 2025, which was unanimously approved by the NCAA Board of Governors. Emmert's original contract would have expired in 2023.
The extension signed by Emmert came at a time when the NCAA was facing public outrage over the disparities between the men's and women's Division I basketball tournaments. Just under three months af Central Arkansas Bears clothes ter Emmert's extension, a report found the NCAA had "helped to create, normalize and perpetuate gende Kentucky vs. Louisville Rivalry Gear r inequities" and that the men's tournament was prioritized "over everything else," according to The New York Times.
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Further change is expected to come to the NCAA after member schools adopted a new constitution in January that could begin the NCAA's transformation over the next Alabama Crimson Tide clothes year in what could drastically change the landscape of college sports.
