Penn St. trustees split on sanctions

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: …As the meeting began, board chairwoman Karen Peetz left no question where her priorities lie.  “Let me be clear,” she said, addressing the board. “We must not, and will not, waver in accepting responsibility and reality.”

But a faction of members, including AccuWeather president Joel Myers, planted their feet in protest…

Saturday’s discussion revealed that rifts remain. Trustees were to take up how best to implement a number of oversight reforms suggested in the Freeh report. But before that work began, Myers attacked the board leadership’s lack of fight and referred to the NCAA as everything from “a petulant child gone wild” to an organization that had “lost its moral compass.” …  (more)

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