#AskEmmert Hashtag Blows Up in Mark Emmert's Face

For whatever reason, NCAA president Mark Emmert today appeared on ESPN's Mike and Mike radio show. (Where, in typical Emmert fashion, he said a bunch of crass things.)

Even more baffling, however: The show requested people to ask Emmert questions through a Twitter hashtag of #AskEmmert. 

It did not go well.

#askemmert Have you ever had the feeling where you know you should stop talking but simply can't?

— CollegeFootballTalk (@CFTalk) April 18, 2014 

#askemmert is living without shame fun

— Spencer Hall (@edsbs) April 18, 2014

UCONN's graduation rate is 8%. Are these really STUDENT athletes? #AskEmmert

— Marie DC (@mariedc1) April 18, 2014

@MikeAndMike #askemmert 8 billion divided by 350 schools is 22 million dolllars each ...what can't you afford?

— david norman (@thedavidnorman) April 18, 2014

#askemmert In private moments, do you ever just laugh really, really hard over some of the stuff that comes out of your mouth? @MikeAndMike

— SI_DougFarrar (@SI_DougFarrar) April 18, 2014

#askemmert Did you see House of Cards? I'm worried you're the bumbling Peter Russo character & Frank Underwood tricked you into doing this.

— Kevin Van Valkenburg (@KVanValkenburg) April 18, 2014

#askemmert I run a non-profit, where can we apply to get free labor like you do?

— Jayme (@jaymelee1) April 18, 2014

#askemmert hey, if its about education, and the presidents threaten to go to d3like, whats the big deal? oh yeah, YOUR money.

— Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) April 18, 2014

@MikeAndMike Why do athletic directors and coaches get bonuses based on player performance while the player gets nothing? #AskEmmert

— Eitan Cramer (@eitancramer) April 18, 2014

The only thing that could improve #askemmert would be Emmert responding to each question with that photo from @USAirways customer service.

— Ramzy Nasrallah (@ramzy) April 18, 2014

@MikeAndMike why are all students except student-athletes allowed to earn a living? #AskEmmert

— Eitan Cramer (@eitancramer) April 18, 2014

@MikeAndMike Can you explain amateurism and not paying players without using circular logic? #askemmert

— Josh Williams (@willijjCLE) April 18, 2014

#AskEmmert have you ever considered the possibility that Bing might be as good as google, but it's hard to tell someone to "bing" it?

— Homer Bandwagon (@Bwesen) April 18, 2014

#AskEmmert Who was your favorite player to play as in NCAA Football '14? Mine was WR #7.

— SerJayo Aguero (@Jay_Sanin) April 18, 2014

After the "unpleasantness" of Penn St scandal, how refreshing is it to be back fighting the real scourge, the athletes? #AskEmmert

— brian andriliunas (@briandriliunas) April 18, 2014

@MikeAndMike #AskEmmert how can someone whose salary exceeds $1.5m argue in good faith that athletes shouldn't get greater share of ncaa $s?

— bob verber (@bobverber) April 18, 2014

@MikeAndMike @espngolic @SedanoESPN how do you sleep at night? #AskEmmert

— Rob Woodside (@Rwoodside1) April 18, 2014

#askemmert shouldn't the president of the non-profit NCAA be an unpaid volunteer position? The job is it's own reward!

— Matthew Wasco (@Gleason4plus5) April 18, 2014

#askemmert Defend the non-profit stance of the NCAA when exec salaries and profits are at an all-time high.

— Matt Sayler (@mjsayler) April 18, 2014

#AskEmmert Was trying to shield a morally bankrupt institution from a rising tide of public disgust the reason you got into higher education

— Glenn Davis (@glennrd) April 18, 2014

I was wondering where I'd seen a scene like this before, and then it hit me: