NCAA president Mark Emmert is scheduled for an April 4 deposition related to a defamation lawsuit filed by former USC Trojans assistant football coach Todd McNair in the wake of the Reggie Bush scandal.
On Thursday, Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Frederick Shaller ruled Emmert must answer questions about a 2010 comment concerning the Bush case—"they got it right, I think"—made before McNair's appeal process was complete, per Nathan Fenno of the Los Angeles Times.
"Plaintiff needs, and has the right, to depose Emmert in order to investigate the intent and knowledge behind one of the statements Plaintiff alleges to be defamatory," Shaller wrote.