PENN LIVE: Penn State wasn’t the one to file the lawsuit against the NCAA over sanctions imposed against the university, but Penn State willingly offered to pick up the legal bills for those who did.
A source familiar with the negotiations that led to the January settlement of that lawsuit filed by Sen. Jake Corman, R-Centre County, and former state Treasurer Rob McCord, said on Monday the university put the offer on the table as a way to facilitate the case’s closure…
The state officials filed the lawsuit to force the NCAA to abide by a state law that restricted the $60 million fine against Penn State to be spent on child protection programs in Pennsylvania. The suit later was broadened to challenge the validity of all the sanctions imposed by the NCAA over the university’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex crimes based on the Freeh Report’s findings… (more)
EDITOR: Bravo for Corman, McCord and Penn State.
The suit not only brought to light the many NCAA over reaches and poor judgments pertaining to the Penn State largely unwarranted sanctions but also alerted the other member universities who are likely to make certain such violations of the NCAA Constitution and By Laws do not occur in again.
