The state of college athletics, as viewed through the events of Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020:
Congress brings NCAA president Mark Emmert to Capitol Hill and tells him and the rest of the association to get its act together. A Senate subcommittee wants a tangible plan for compensating athletes, and Emmert offers none. Later, a Michigan State football coaching search in total disarray finds the only way out—throwing a king’s ransom in salary at a coach with a career 5-7 record to lure him away after one season at Colorado, where he will leave a fresh signing class and everyone else in the lurch.