Todd McNair v. NCAA: The NCAA’s Judge-Shopping Attempt Fails

By Jeff Birren   The NCAA destroyed a coach’s career based on the retroactive assumption of a felon and over the unequivocal denials of the coach. The felon, a would-be agent, years later told the NCAA that he had “no doubt that (USC assistant coach Todd) McNair knew about the (improper) benefits merely “[c]ause he was around a lot, and, you know, [its] like he watched me get them guys, his friends, hotel rooms...”. Furthermore, the NCAA’s relevant committee violated its own rules