WILKES-BARRE CITIZENS VOICE: …The NCAA said that legislation, which calls for the creation of a state-controlled endowment for the distribution of fine proceeds, are unconstitutional and amounts to the state illegally attempting to interfere with the sanctions agreement signed last July by the organization and Penn State.
The state’s actions, the NCAA lawsuit said, would disrupt interstate commerce by attempting to legislate where private parties like the NCAA spend their money and by confiscating funds intended for the victims of child-sexual abuse nationwide to be used solely for the benefit of Pennsylvania residents, at the direction of Pennsylvania officials.
The lawsuit again raised the issue of the murky jurisdiction the NCAA used to sanction Penn State for issues far outside its usual realm of oversight, and whether the state can retroactively impose its laws on a national organization based in Indianapolis… (more)
