From THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION:
In the months following the NCAA’s steep punishment of Pennsylvania State University for its response to the Jerry Sandusky scandal, many people have expressed concerns about the dangerous precedent it could set. Among the chief worries is that the association might sidestep its traditional judiciary process and get involved in future cases involving alleged criminal activity by athletes.
Mark Emmert, the NCAA’s president, has tried everything he can to allay those concerns. And at the annual meeting of Division I-A faculty athletics representatives and athletics directors here on Monday, he provided a bit more context for the association’s Penn State penalties and why they probably won’t lead to similar intervention in the future.
If the Penn State violations had solely involved the criminal acts of Sandusky, the former Nittany Lions assistant football coach convicted in June of 45 counts of sexually abusing children, “We would’ve said, ‘Gee, what an awful circumstance, but it’s not our issue,’” Emmert told a group of faculty reps this morning. But “the institution’s failure to deal with those issues made it our issue.”
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No! The NCAA won’t use Penn State as a precedent. By the way, I have a bridge I’d like to sell you.