Editorial “Thrown for a loss” opines:
“Doesn’t it appear that he’s trying an end run around the consequences of his role in the dismissal of legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno over the Sandusky debacle and his earlier acceptance of the NCAA penalties?”
WATCHDOG: Absolutely! But that does not detract from his being correct in his accusations and, assuming the suit is not dismissed for lack of standing, likely to prevail through a compromise settlement or a decision by judge or jury.
Would we not even follow the devil for a worthy cause?
By Tuesday NewsLanc will publish Billl Keisling’s take on the Middle-District federal court judges. The question of standing may be appealed all the way to the federal Supreme Court. Even if it is determined that the state can bring the suit, there isn’t much chance that the case will be heard until long after the 2014 gubernatorial election.
It is rewarding that accusations made by NewsLanc immediately after the firing of Joe Paterno that Gov. Corbett was attempting to conceal his failure to prosecute Jerry Sandusky by scape goating the coach are now accepted by the vast majority of the media and the public.
Moreover, NewsLanc stood almost alone in immediately denouncing the NCAA penalties. Our edge was we took the time to read the NCAA Charter and By-Laws and could only find vague suggestions that they had the power to penalize football teams for the errors of the administration of a University.
The wild card here is whether there was a confidential supplement to the Freeh report delivered to the NCAA suggesting that the Penn State team had long received steroids, perhaps from Sandusky. If that be the case, then the NCAA extreme penalties and Penn State’s acceptance of them would be understandable.
If that be the situation, since Corbett was on the Penn State Board, he certainly would have known the reason for the acceptance of the penalties which he supported, making his current suit all the more hypocritical.
Just make sure Corbett doesn’t get any of the money recovered; I’m sure his re-election finances are going to be hurting since Second Mile is under and Sandusky is in jail.
That and his alienating about 70% of the electorate with his corruption and incompetence.