Facing mounting pressure, Penn State interim president Rodney Erickson says the school will respond to the NCAA’s demand for information regarding the university’s role in the Jerry Sandusky scandal -- possibly within days.
“The NCAA has indicated that they’d like me to respond ... as quickly as possible now that we have the Freeh report,” Erickson told the Associated Press. “So we’ve already started the process of starting to compose that response. We’ll do so over the course of the next few days and get that response back as soon as possible, and we’ll then engage in discussions with the NCAA.”
Yesterday, NCAA president Mark Emmert said he would not “take anything off the table” when it came to possible punishment for PSU, including the Death Penalty.
“Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here,” Erickson said in response. “Let’s wait for this process to unfold. President Emmert has said that the NCAA will take a deliberate and deliberative process in addressing this, so I don’t think we should jump to any conclusions at this point.”
Additionally, PSU spokesperson Dave la Torre said Tuesday night a decision on the statue of former coach Joe Paterno would be made within the next 7-10 days. The university’s Board of Trustees haven’t made a formal decision regarding the statue, though a plane flying over the school on Tuesday morning warned “Take down the statue, or we will.”