THE STATE / AP: A 2-year-old email from NCAA’s top lawyer, filed Thursday in a court case, documents just how close Penn State came to having its football program shut down over the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal…
The email from NCAA attorney Donald Remy says the school’s “cooperation and transparency” saved the program.
The email, sent to Gene Marsh, an attorney who was working for Penn State, was attached to a court filing as the NCAA fights with two state officials over the 2012 consent decree that fined the school $60 million, banned it from bowl games for four years and took away 112 wins.
The email recounts that on July 17, 2012 — less than a week before the Penn State sanctions were announced — a majority on the NCAA executive committee favored the “death penalty” that would shut down the football program for several years… (more)
