PA Governor Holds Presser, Says NCAA Actions "Unlawful"

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Yeah, this was a little too good to be true...

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, who apparently, has nothing better to do with his time decided to take the NCAA to court over actions he claims are "unlawful" in administering the sanctions against Penn State in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

Here's the press conference in its entirety...


"...the NCAA shouldn’t have sanctioned Penn State. I believe, and our suit contends, that the NCAA had no authority and operated outside of their own bylaws with these sanctions that they brought. This was a criminal matter, not a violation of NCAA rules,” Corbett said.

With all due respect, Penn State failed not only its students, supporters, student-athletes, boosters, backers, and the state itself. For the state to file an anti-trust lawsuit against the NCAA on the grounds of challenging a document that the school itself signed (which, State College will undoubtedly say was done under duress...), is pretty brash...

"Our complaint states that the NCAA forced Penn State’s new president to agree to its sanctions under threat of the death penalty for the Penn State football program for four years. It did so without conducting its own investigation and without following its own rules for reviewing potential infractions by its members,” Corbett said.

But paying attention to the Freeh Report was a bad idea...???

Corbett refers to the punishments as "harsh, unjustified and unprecedented."
What would the victims say about how they were treated...???

Donald M. Remy, NCAA Executive Vice President and General Counsel issued this statement to the media:

“We are disappointed by the Governor's action today. Not only does this forthcoming lawsuit appear to be without merit, it is an affront to all of the victims in this tragedy - lives that were destroyed by the criminal actions of Jerry Sandusky. While the innocence that was stolen can never be restored, Penn State has accepted the consequences for its role and the role of its employees and is moving forward. Today's announcement by the Governor is a setback to the University's efforts.”

And if Corbett, who is a trustee himself, didn't act like this over the summer... why does he get to act this way now...???

State Of PA Taking NCAA To Court Over Penn State

The Governor of the state of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, is planing on coming forth with a lawsuit against the NCAA for their actions against Penn State University that included the huge eight figure fine, extensive bowl ban, vacated wins under Joe Paterno as head football coach, and scholarship reductions.

A press conference is scheduled Wednesday to explain where the state is coming from...

The school, while already having agreed to the implentation of the NCAA sanctions in July, is not a party to the actions of Governor Corbett- but the HQ can fairly assess that they have been kept in the loop on the whole thing.

The suit should challenge the notion of the NCAA as a governing and enforcement body, and will have to answer to the thought that elected officials inside the state of Pennsylvania wanted the fines against the university to stay at home.

Currently, the fines are being distributed on a national basis for preventing child abuse. Both sides are not addressing this idea publicly...

At the same time, the case brought forth by Mike McQueary against the university is still scheduled to proceed without any kind of delay. McQueary claims he was wrongly fired by the school.

Here's that update from State College...
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Penn State wants the McQueary case postponed until all Sandusky questions are addressed by the courts...

Not happening yet...

Sandusky fallout: PA Rep wants Feds to investigate state investigation

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We've mentioned many times that the conviction of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was only the beginning.

There is going to be fallout on many levels, from the school, the school administrators and possibly more.

Now comes word that a Pennsylvania State Legislator wants to revisit legislation urging U.S Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate how the state handled the Sandusky affair.

The legislation, which is a resolution, has been stuck in committee since the end of 2011 and State Representative Brandon Neuman intends to bring the bill out of committee and up for a vote by the end of the week.

The question Neuman and others...many others have is why after allegations against Sandusky had been floating around since 1998 and yet nobody acted on it until 2011.

Essentially he is saying "Why didn't the Attorney General's office didn't do anything until they had to?"

Read the entire article RIGHT HERE

There had been some discussion and more than a few raised eyebrows that then state AG Tom Corbett (Now Gov. Corbett), didn't do more. And a few whispers that he had been aware of Sandusky long before the arrest.

Neuman also wants the feds to look into what Penn State did...or didn't do. Again, something that most would agree with. And it may happen. But it won't until former FBI Director Louis Freeh's investigation is complete.

We don't have tons of faith in that either, since Freeh was hired by the school's board of trustees. And thus far, nobody with Penn State seems to have been totally forthcoming with what they did...or didn't know. Hopefully Freeh will be detailed and forthcoming with all that he learned.

We already have learned that former administrators Gary Schultz and Tom Curley had some sort of file or knowledge of Sandusky and reports indicate that a decision had been made to not "Humiliate" him with the specter of an investigation.

And that alone indicates there will be a LOT of fallout, it is just a matter of when...and where.