KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert believes it is the responsibility of individual schools to handle issues of domestic violence and sexual assault, and that a spate of recent cases reflect greater societal problems.

Emmert spoke Tuesday with a group of reporters before delivering a lecture at Kansas City’s Rockhurst University about the future of college sports.

While domestic violence has become a major issue for the NFL, similar issues have popped up on college campuses. Just this week, Tennessee dismissed a freshman running back who reportedly struck an ex-girlfriend at a party over the weekend.

Emmert also stood by his recent pronouncement to a group of Division I faculty athletic representatives that the Penn State scandal was handled as well as it could have been “under the circumstances.”