From the WALL STREET JOURNAL:
…The alumni group, which has a total of more than 169,000 members world-wide, has a reputation as one of the strongest such groups in the nation. But some say morale lately has been devastated by the child-sex-abuse scandal that has enveloped the university. On Monday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association said it was fining the school $60 million and banning it from bowl games for four years in response to the scandal.
Mr. Bagwell and others said they believed the NCAA sanctions were unjustified. “All alumni were expecting some kind of penalty,” he said. “There were substantial structural changes that needed to be in place. But at the same time, the NCAA sanctions are not hurting the people who are responsible for this.”…
The NCAA wasn’t fair, said Samuel Fredman, an 88-year-old lawyer and retired judge, who graduated with the class of 1942. “There was no due process. You’re entitled to a hearing. Sixty million dollars is a lot of money.”
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EDITOR: Of course there was “no due process.” Governor Corbett and his cronies did not want the Freeh report to become a subject of ridicule and his role be placed under a spot light. That was why Penn State accepted the devastating ruling within the hour. It cut off any further discussion and investigation.
Would the NCAA dared to have banned Penn State football? It would have been so excessive and egregiously misdirected as to bring the NCAA into disrepute and also lead to litigation and court intervention.
