HUFFINGTON POST / AP: In a bold challenge to the NCAA’s powers, Pennsylvania’s governor claimed in a lawsuit Wednesday that college sports’ governing body overstepped its authority and “piled on” when it penalized Penn State over the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.
Gov. Tom Corbett asked that a federal judge throw out the sanctions, which include an unprecedented $60 million fine and a four-year ban on bowl games, arguing that the measures have harmed students, business owners and others who had nothing to do with Sandusky’s crimes.
A small number of top NCAA officials inserted themselves “into an issue they had no authority to police under their own bylaws and one that was clearly being handled by the justice system,” Corbett said at a news conference… (more)
EDITOR: It’s about time. We have made these points from the time the sanctions were announced. It would be informative to learn from trial transcripts what the reasons NCAA had for taking such extreme actions and the Penn State administration had for agreeing to them.
What puzzles us is the late timing of Corbett’s objections. He was on the Penn State board when the NCAA penalties were assessesd and accepted by the board and apparently he did not raise any objections at the time.
