Mark Emmert to step down as NCAA president by June 30, 2023

The NCAA announced on Tuesday that Mark Emmert will step down as president on June 30, 2023.

The NCAA board of governors agreed to have him step aside, according to the release.

I have emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes throughout my tenure.

Major college sports are being transformed by name, image and likeness rights and the transfer portal, which allows athletes to change schools one time without penalty, as a result of the decision by Emmert.

With the significant transitions underway within college sports, the timing of this decision provides the Association with consistent leadership during the coming months and the opportunity to consider what will be the future role of the president.

In April 2021, the NCAA announced that Emmert had received a contract extension through 2025, about a month after DeGioia gave him a vote of confidence in the wake of heavy public criticism toward the NCAA about inequalities during the men's and women's Division I basketball tournaments.

NCAA member schools adopted a new constitution in January and are in the process of changing their structure and mission to meet future needs. The NCAA's responsibility in management and enforcement of rules is expected to be reduced as a result of the new college athletics model.

The NCAA's three divisions are currently working on revising or creating their own rules to align with the fundamental principles laid out in the new constitution.

The new constitution is designed to simplify what many college sports leaders have called a complex and outdated rulebook. The board of governors is shrunk from 20 members to nine to ensure that athletes have a bigger say in the future of the NCAA.

After a summer in which politicians and Supreme Court justices questioned the NCAA's claims that it is unique and distinct, the administrators and committee members who crafted the new constitution hoped to reaffirm the NCAA's focus on the "primacy of the academic experience".

During an address in January, Emmert asked if we were spending our resources in a way that emphasizes our core values and helping as many students as we can.

The new constitution states that college athletes should not be paid directly by their schools for athletic participation, but leaves it up to each division to decide what education-related benefits that athletes can receive from their schools and how athletes can make money from other sources by selling the rights to their own names.

The NCAA named its fifth president on April 27, 2010. He was the chancellor at Louisiana State University and the president at the University of Washington.

Daniel Murphy contributed to the report.