YAHOO / AP: Pennsylvania’s highest court on Wednesday turned down a bid by the NCAA to prevent a January trial over the legality of penalties imposed on Penn State over the school’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal…
The NCAA sought to end the case after it agreed the money would remain in the state, to address child abuse-related issues, but [Commonwealth Court Judge Anne] Covey has kept the case alive…
The NCAA imposed the fine, a four-year bowl ban, a temporary reduction of football scholarships and the elimination of 112 wins from Joe Paterno’s later years in 2012, shortly after Sandusky was convicted of sexual abuse of 10 boys. He is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence… (more)
EDITOR: Now we may learn what really motivated the Penn State Board of Trustees to agree to such unwarranted penalties and why the NCAA even involved itself in a matter that had nothing to do with Penn States sports program, in contradiction of the NCAA by-laws and constitution.
One thing is for certain: Corbett may have fooled the Trustees and possibly the NCAA, but he certainly did not fool the voters.
