HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: … The Penn State Board of Trustees remains the prism through which much of the university’s response to the scandal is viewed.
From the PSU-commissioned Freeh Report that some now see as a hatchet job on legendary coach Joe Paterno’s once-pristine legacy, the university’s hasty removal of the Paterno statue, which now appears to be MIA, to the willingness – some would say, eagerness – with which Penn State accepted the unprecedented slate of NCAA sanctions in consent decree, the board remains as much under a microscope as ever…
But the board took a pause on one of the most potentially explosive decisions it faces. It tabled until January the question of the university’s position in the lawsuit on the validity of the NCAA sanctions, joining those seeking annulment of the NCAA consent decree, including Penn State’s $60 million fine, for its flawed response to Sandusky’s child sex crimes...(more)
