It would be an absurd and awkward scene befitting of this entire absurd and awkward scandal — NCAA president Mark Emmert handing a national title trophy to Bill Self, the very Kansas coach still awaiting resolution on an infractions case involving five Level I charges. The NCAA has called the violations “egregious” and “severe.”
Public opinion has softened dramatically on NCAA cases of late. Under current name, image and likeness rules, many of KU’s alleged transgressions might be legal. But there are still flickering moments of the sport trying to police recruiting violations, and due to the NCAA’s glacially slow infractions process, the accusations are front and center on the game’s biggest night.