PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: A private law firm began work on Gov. Tom Corbett’s challenge to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s sanctions against Penn State University in mid-September, 3 1/2 months before the lawsuit was announced, the governor’s top attorney said in an interview.
Attorneys in the Corbett administration began reviewing the possibility of a lawsuit in late July after the NCAA issued its sanctions, James Schultz, general counsel for Mr. Corbett, said Wednesday in an interview conducted by phone and email with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…
An internal review into the possibility of a lawsuit in late July would have come not long after a written statement by Mr. Corbett, released when the sanctions were announced July 23, that “part of” the “corrective process is to accept the serious penalties imposed today by the NCAA on Penn State University and its football program.” … (more)
