BLOOMBERG: …Yet when you strip away the misguided political motivations, the suit contains, at its core, an important and persuasive argument: The NCAA exists, by its own definition, to advance the cause of “fair competition” among its members, while promoting the ideal of the so-called student-athlete. It has the authority to discipline schools that act in violation of those goals. Period.
The NCAA knows this. It said as much in its consent decree with Penn State, explaining that the Sandusky scandal represented an extraordinary situation that called for extraordinary measures. The NCAA justified its overreach by saying it was necessary to address a “culture” that exalted the football program to a position of “deference” at Penn State…
The messenger may deserve all of the scorn being heaped on him, but the message — that the NCAA has no business punishing an institution for a situation it helped create — shouldn’t be ignored… (more)
EDITOR: Just about everyone now is coming around to what NewsLanc pointed out within days of the announcement of the NCAA draconian penalties. This Sandusky matter has to do with the Administration, not the competition between teams. There is scant authorization in either the NCAA’s By-Laws or Regulations concerning the disciplining of University for non-competition matters. So unless there is a back story concerning Jerry Sandusky providing drugs to Penn State players, the NCAA has no jurisdiction in this matter.
Did it take the rest of the media and Corbett almost a year to download and read the NCAA founding documents?
Or was his vicious attack on Joe Paterno an attempt by Corbett to distract attention from a willful “slow walk” of the Sandusky investigation in exchange for a fortune in campaign contributions from parties related to Sandusky’s Second Mile Foundation?
