Corbett to sue NCAA over Penn State sanctions
Gov. Corbett said today he will file suit against the NCAA over the sanctions it placed on Penn State as a result of its handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Corbett said in a brief press release he will provide details of the federal lawsuit Wednesday in State College.
Corbett to sue NCAA over Penn State sanctions
Gov. Corbett said today he will file suit against the NCAA over what he called "illegal sanctions" it imposed on Penn State as a result of its handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
Corbett said in a brief press release he will provide details of the federal lawsuit Wednesday in State College.
The NCAA fined Penn State $60 million, banned its football team from four years of bowl games and vacated years of team wins over its handling of the Sandusky case.
The sanctions came following a report released last summer by former FBI director Louis Freeh which concluded that university administrators had engaged in a cover-up to protect Sandusky.
Penn State board of trustees, of which Corbett is a member, gave its approval of the report shortly after its release.
Former Penn State President Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz have been charged in the Sandusky case, accused of child endangerment and other crimes.
State Sen. Jake Corman announced legislation last week that would restrict Penn State's fine money to be used to combat sex abuse in Pennsylvania.
The NCAA has said only as much as 25 percent of Penn State’s $60 million fine will be used for sexual abuse prevention in Pennsylvania.
Penn State recently made the first payment of $12 million. Corman said he also is planning to seek an injunction to halt that payment until the dispute with the NCAA is resolved.
Sandusky is serving a 30 to 60-year prison term after being convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys, several of them were abused on the Penn State campus.
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scumb@g— podunko- Corbett is so going to hell. He has some blame about that pedophile being able to continue his dastardly despicable ways ways well beyond when he should have. The college needs to bend over and take it's medicine the way those innocent children did. He's an evil man, an evil Republican. He may be governor but when he goes to prison for his cover-up crime, he's going to take his medicine too.— BigDipper
- Bend over governor, you slime, here it comes again. — BigDipper
- Is there any way that we can impeach this incredibly stupid imbecile?— jennyo662000
- I think that the NCAA should be sued by the State of Pennsylvania. The NCAA is the most arrogant and obnoxious group of morons in the country. They have been upset for years since here in Nevada we allow legal gambling on college sports and have for many years. These left over professors and self righteous people play the role of self made kings when it comes to college sports. Why they are punishing a fine school like Penn State for something one jerk did makes no sense to me. They have sued Nevada many times but the cases get thrown out a lot. Please support your governor in this litigation. Tell the NCAA to get lost and stop interfering in college sports programs.— chippersql
- I think that the NCAA should be sued by the State of Pennsylvania. The NCAA is the most arrogant and obnoxious group of morons in the country. They have been upset for years since here in Nevada we allow legal gambling on college sports and have for many years. These left over professors and self righteous people play the role of self made kings when it comes to college sports. Why they are punishing a fine school like Penn State for something one jerk did makes no sense to me. They have sued Nevada many times but the cases get thrown out a lot. Please support your governor in this litigation. Tell the NCAA to get lost and stop interfering in college sports programs.— chippersql
- I hope the NCAA gets to depose Corbett and the staff of his attorney generals office about their role in the investigation.— Paul Deon
