An assistant athletic director at James Madison University had to have his contact information scrubbed from the school’s website. Two other administrators at different schools locked their accounts on X (formerly Twitter). For those who have kept their contact info public, the bombardment has been ceaseless, vitriolic, often alarmingly specific and occasionally threatening.
What did these people do to incur the wrath of complete strangers via voicemail, email and social media? They served on the NCAA legislative relief committee that denied North Carolina football player Tez Walker immediate eligibility to play this season.
“There have been threats against committee members and their families,” NCAA spokeswoman Meghan Durham Wright tells Sports Illustrated, “and threats to show up at their places of work.”
