New York Times columnist Joe Nocera says he had hoped to be through commenting on the actions of the NCAA but the recent decision on UConn freshman Ryan Boatright's eligibility was so egregious that it deserved a few hundred more words Including:

Longtime watchers of the N.C.A.A. tell me that they have never seen an athlete and his mother thrown under the bus the way Ryan and Tanesha Boatright were on Saturday. One rarely gets so clear a glimpse of moral bankruptcy.