Elon Musk is doing his best impression of some of sports' most epic flameouts

He is one of the least respected figures in sports.

There was a report about potential NCAA violations in the Miami Hurricane football program. The revelations made some college football fans and media squeamish about a program that many already had judged to be worthy of its previous 20-year run of dominance

There's one problem. The man who spilled the beans was sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in the Ponzi scheme. The NCAA paid his lawyer to get more information about the case against Miami. The NCAA had to investigate itself.

By the time the NCAA punished the Hurricanes, they had become the good guys in the public's eyes. Texas A&M leaving the Big 12 for the SEC didn't help the organization's legitimacy.