Editorial “A new day arrives for Penn State board, but with a cautionary note” opines:
“…However, the walls protecting the NCAA’s imperial edifice are steadily beginning to crack. It lost its bid to kill the lawsuit outright, so there is a chance to negotiate how the $60 million will be used. Perhaps some other adjustments in the sanctions will be possible.
In this case, though, no matter what Penn State alumni trustees may dream of accomplishing, the NCAA is not going to suddenly say, ‘Gee, we were wrong, We’re reinstating JoePa’s victories, restoring all scholarships, and lifting the bowl ban.’
For that to happen, the NCAA would have to be pushed into an untenable legal position. It’s not at all clear this particular lawsuit is legally structured in a way that could create that kind of pressure for lifting sanctions.”
WATCHDOG: On the contrary, with evidence that the NCCA was on thin ice with its Draconian sanctions against Penn State, the Board of Trustees should be focused on expanding its law suit or filing another to directly challenge all of the NCCA’s actions, most of which were in contradiction of its own Constitution and By-Laws and contrary to the facts.
What happened between a retired professor who made use of his faculty prerogative to shower with a boy in the Penn State field house had nothing to do with the football program and thus with the NCAA.
If a crime was committed, it was a matter to be reported to the Penn State University police department, which was done, and, if sufficient evidence was available, for the state’s criminal justice system.
It is time for the courts to review all of the evidence and justice be done for the alumni, current and future students, and for Pennsylvanians.
