Attorneys See Trouble for NCAA in Recent McNair Ruling

A California state court judge ruled on November 21 that the National Collegiate Athletic Association was “malicious” in its investigation of Todd McNair, a former assistant football coach at the University of Southern California, allowing the coach's defamation suit against the Association to proceed.   McNair, who was an assistant to former coach Pete Carroll for six seasons, was implicated for his involvement in the Reggie Bush case. Specifically, the NCAA found that he knew about so