From the SCRANTON TIMES-TRIBUNE Editorial:
… Remarkably, nothing in the NCAA’s own bylaws authorize the action it took Monday. Rather than conducting its own investigation, which would allow an opportunity for the subject institution to present a defense, the NCAA ruled summarily after investing itself with the power to do so. In doing so, it responded to public emotion rather than to the mission for which it was created. Going forward, it will be interesting to see if the NCAA attempts to inject itself into other criminal and civil investigations that touch upon college sports.
Without its own investigation, the NCAA stepped outside of its procedures and accepted as gospel the internal investigation conducted by Louis Freeh, which was not meant to be a legal document.
While Mr. Emmert said part of the sanctions were intended to correct Penn State’s sports culture, Penn State as he spoke was in 100 percent compliance with NCAA rules. The people involved in the Sandusky case all are gone.
Many people justly have been critical that the PSU football program had too much influence over the university. Today, other universities should be wary that the NCAA has used that problem to give itself vast new power…
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EDITOR: This is an act of courage by the editors.
